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TALKING SCHOOLS: Ten Lectures by

Price: £6.00
ISBN 10: 
0 900384 81 6
ISBN 13: 
978 0 900384 81 3
Number of pages: 
141
First published: 
1995
This edition: 
1995
Blurb: 

" HM Chief Inspector of Schools said in January 1995 that the real impediment to the development of a better educational system in Britain is 'a commitment to particular beliefs about the purpose and conduct of education'.

I, on the other hand, feel priviledged to have met so many teachers who take education seriously." -- Colin Ward, from the introduction

Talking Schools gathers together ten lectures given in Britain and the united States at teachers' conferences, meetings of educational progressive groups, and all those occasions when schooling is on the agenda.

The audiences have included teachers, architects and administrators, social workers, and people concerned with child welfare and children's play.

Track list: 

      Foreword
  1. The Anarchists and Schools
  2. Education for Mastery of the Environment
  3. Towards a Poor School
  4. How can I Use the Environment in my Teaching?
  5. Schooling the City Child
  6. Where Do We Go from Here?
  7. Places for Learning
  8. Education for Resourcefulness
  9. Growing Up in Meaner Cities
10. Empowerment?

Biographical note(s): 

Colin Ward is an anarchist-author and journalist. His twenty books on the human environment seen from below include Anarchy in Action, Freedom to Go: after the Motor Age and Talking Houses, all published by Freedom Press.