Learning in formal schools violates several simple principles: that no one can learn on an empty spirit; that true learning requires an absence of fear or authority; that learning is the most natural of human instincts. By making schooling compulsory, we have abandoned trust in our individual and collective experience in favour of experts and…

Narrow conceptions of human development and the purposes of schooling tend to displace rather than situate subjects like technology in the curriculum. Understanding how a utilitarian curriculum spawns real human development and learning gives a new perspective to curriculum theory and practice. (Author/AEF)