Re: merging adult & youth ed...especially in literacy...
Deborah Muise (dmuise@accustaff.com)
Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:06:29 -0400
At 08:08 PM 4/13/98 -0600, you wrote:
>At 02:20 PM 4/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 12:16:26PM -0500, Eric Crump
wrought:
>>[...]
>>> Maybe if democratic schools were re-conceived as perpetually
available
>>> resources for all learners of any age, so people could stop
by when they
>>> needed them, it might not seem so necessary to persuade
people to learn
>>> things out of synch with their own interests and needs. If,
when they need
>>> to read, they had access to the educational resources they
need, then no
>>> one would have to be forced to read at some arbitrary
particular time.
>>>
>>> Just an idea...
>>
>YES, it is a brilliant insight, and one that really caught my
attention as
>well!=A0 And YES, there has been much work done in the area of adult
literacy
>--WHEN ADULTS ARE MOTIVATED BY A CAUSE--by Miles Horton & Paulo
Friere and
>other "popular" educators, that might perhaps be of
interest to those in
>democratic schools as well.
>
I think Eric and Robin are eloquently discussing important issues here.=A0
Much of adult education now is designed to motivate people. Where did
they lose self-motivation? And another thing, since when did literacy
have anything to do with success in modern life? The most illiterate
memos come from the highest paid executives. I work for them at a MUCH
lower pay rate, but spelling correctly.=A0 I think real education is an
active process that does not begin in childhood and end at adulthood.=A0
The adaptability and creativity of humans is more important to lifelong
success than any one "subject".