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Some Thoughts on Coercion
I posted a response on the AERO list-serve to this question: "When we fixate on non-coercion, are we condemning some children to being handicapped in our society because it is more difficult for them to attain these skills and so they don't 'choose' to?"
My answer is yes.
It might take me lots of stumbling around and many sentences to get to the clearest articulation of why. Here is what I'm thinking: When we fixate or over-focus on non-coercion, we can tyrannize healthy back and forth relationships between peers, or student and mentor, or...
Posted on Jul 16, 2010 - 07:04 PM by Scott Nine in The Landscape
I'm often asked about coercion. What do I think about it? What does it mean to coerce a child? Am I a supporter of non-coercive education?I posted a response on the AERO list-serve to this question: "When we fixate on non-coercion, are we condemning some children to being handicapped in our society because it is more difficult for them to attain these skills and so they don't 'choose' to?"
My answer is yes.
It might take me lots of stumbling around and many sentences to get to the clearest articulation of why. Here is what I'm thinking: When we fixate or over-focus on non-coercion, we can tyrannize healthy back and forth relationships between peers, or student and mentor, or...