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The free schooling credo:
What is the purpose of education?
To whom is this question asked; a word on audience
A review of classical approaches to this question
A review of modern approaches to this question
A discussion of ethics, non-negotiable and negotiable principles
Politicization and bias
Education as a human right
The difficulties presented with formal schooling
The difficulties with State-based schooling
Citizens, people, and participants
What is free schooling and how does it contribute to education?
A brief review of informal and formal leadership theory
A brief review of informal and formal authority
Free schooling and 'follower as leader' theory
Free schooling and 'informal as formal' theory
Home-schooling, State-based schooling, and informal schooling
Traditionally under-served communities
Assessment, pedagogy, and curricular design
Why is free schooling needed?
The difficulties with open terminology
A brief review of open-education and schooling history
The difficulties with open-source licenses; a critique of software licensing
The difficulties with copyright, patent law, and intellectual property; a critique of open documentation licensing
The Free Software and Documentation licenses
The problems with MOOCs
Pearson, kernels, and privacy rights; the difficulties of State oversight
Current solutions to the problem;
Being radically free; a critique of the OERu
The Open Schoolhouse; a critical review
The democratizing of schools; a critical review
Blended learning, Khan Academy, and other models
The credo of free schooling; free resources, design, and outcomes
Who does free schooling serve?
A review of organizational classifications and authority
A review of organizational classifications and leadership
Informal free associations and authority
Informal free associations and leadership
Service, philanthropy, and volunteerism; an architectonic review
Participants, freedom, and learning
Instructional leadership as a follower; empowering people
A detailed analysis and review of the free schooling credo
— oemb1905 2019/12/30 04:14
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