'I Want Them to Have the Right': John Holt’s Seven Arguments for Curricular Libertarianism

Autor: Kevin Currie-Knight
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning, Vol 17, Iss 34, Pp 24-48 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1916-8128
Popis: In this paper, I list and examine seven arguments John Holt gave for curricular libertarianism (CL), the idea that learners should be free to choose what they learn. I group these arguments into three groups by type of reason they employ; Holt offers three epistemic, two moral, and two practical arguments for CL. After listing and examining each argument, I suggest that while each may be vulnerable on its own to obvious counterarguments, these seven reasons mutually reinforce each other to make a more compelling overall case for CL.
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