Alternative Education

Author(s):  
Martin Mills ◽  
Glenda McGregor

Alternative schooling has a long history. However, defining alternative schooling is difficult because it necessitates an answer to the question: “alternative to what?” It suggests that there is an accepted schooling archetype from which to differentiate. However, just what that model might be is likely to vary over time and place. In one perspective, alternative schools challenge what Tyack and Tobin, in 1994, referred to as the traditional grammar of schooling as it pertains to conventional forms of schooling developed in Western societies since the Industrial Revolution. Alternative schools challenge the taken-for-granted grammar of schooling variously through their organization, governance structures, curriculum, pedagogy, type of students, and/or particular philosophy. Certain types of alternative schools, including democratic schools, developmental and holistic alternative schools (e.g., Montessori and Waldorf/Steiner), and flexi schools, might offer lessons to the educational mainstream on how to be more inclusive and socially just. However, there are also ways in which they can work against such principles.

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-24
Author(s):  
M. Bekar ◽  
M Var

From past to present, Istanbul has witnessed many empires and historical events. This accumulation has made Istanbul one of the most important cities in Turkey. The architecture and historic potential of the city dates back to centuries ago. Palace architecture is the most important cultural inventories of the city. Over time, technological developments and the industrial revolution brought the “western influence” to Turkey. This effect is observed on planning character and on the planting design. The main material of the work is Topkapı Palace, Beylerbeyi Palace and Dolmabahçe Palace. In this context, this paper consist of three stages. Literature studies have been carried out in the first stage. “Western effect” on the palaces has been investigated after the second step consisting of the field study and mapping. As result of the examinations, western influence was studied in three stages as general planning character, structural material and plant material. As a result of the study, results were obtained for each title. Suggestions were made for rehabilitation and palace gardens planning.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-178
Author(s):  
Luka Pongračić

The fundamental research question from which this paper is going to be - is there an alternative to alternative education? Alternative schools are in the pedagogical and didactical understanding of teaching, often far ahead of their time, sometimes too far. They offer something new and different, much better than traditional classes. Starting from the central location of students in the curriculum, up to curriculum development and teaching classroom design, this school offers us another option - an alternative. This paper represents selected alternative schools and the answer to the research question, and it is in differentiation. Differentiated school is the third alternative and the side by side with alternative schools brings something new and special. The methodology derives from the twenty-day observation of the teaching and the overall work of the gender-differentiated school with teacher interviews. In this qualitative research, the work of the male school that works on the principle of gender differentiation was analyzed and the specialties that this school achieved are described. The most important of them is the principle of work in a homogenous environment and a mentoring system that reinforces the underlying idea of better education. The specialties of gender differentiation are presented and its place in other possibilities of differentiation. The whole work presents a comparative analysis of alternative schools and differentiation and a conclusion about the greater success of such models compared to traditional schools.


2020 ◽  
pp. 155545892097983
Author(s):  
Lisa G. Wyatt ◽  
Benjamin S. Scragg ◽  
Jennifer Y. G. Stein ◽  
Punya Mishra

This case study, framed within a school–university partnership, highlights the tensions inherent to employing design-based approaches for educational change. The case illustrates core tensions between an abductive, open-ended, design-based approach to change versus more traditional (deductive/inductive) approaches to managing change in schools. The design process serves as a way to break away from the traditional “grammar of schooling” (Tyack & Tobin) in a system unaccustomed to radical change. The case highlights the challenges of maintaining fidelity to the design process within a range of logistical and resources constraints, such as the time available to participants to engage in the process, and the difficulty of rapidly prototyping a new school model within an existing educational ecosystem. In the teaching notes, we recommend a theoretical lens and set of questions for educational leaders to reflect on as they consider approaches to educational change in their own settings.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayengbam Lalit Singh

Early literatures show the importance of institutions with reference to European countries, where Renaissance age led the Western European countries to industrial revolution and hence intercontinental trade. At present, institutions in a country are the foundation on which all economic activity is built. The present paper deals with how institutional developments (for countries in this study) over time could lead to development of bilateral trade between India and ASEAN.


The Industrial Revolution 4.0 is an era which anything can be automatically assisted by machines. This affects schools and communities as parts of social life. Therefore, a firm partnership between those two parties are crucially needed particularly in providing alternative education. The present research aimed at analyzing varieties of school and communities partnerships in providing alternative schools at the senior high school level. A single case study research method was employed with two informants as the primary data source and sixteen informants as the secondary data source. The data were collected through open ended, in depth interviews, and direct observations. The result suggested that Master Learning Center collaborated with particular communities, is able to provide educational needs affecting students’ achievement. This led to a general conclusion that schools-communities partnerships are considered an effective type of cooperation to supply the needs of schooling. The partnerships either assisted marginal society with the education quality improvement


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Thanthowie Jauharie ◽  
Rita Gani

Abstract. Over time, especially in the field of technology experienced very rapid progress, almost all work was helped by the role of computers and the internet. With this progress came the term Industrial Revolution 4.0, where a revolution caused by rapid technological progress. With this progress, human life has become easier, not only in working but also in meeting their needs. Appears various applications initiated by young people from various regions who want to help the community to continue to fulfill or make their lives better, which can reduce the time, energy, and costs that must be spent to meet those needs. Shown in the Mata Najwa Show episode #GenerasiSolusi by presenting speakers who are the inventors of the Wahyoo, Halodoc, Reblood, Riliv, and CariUstadz applications. The audience did a message reception from this show about the Industrial Revolution 4.0, for its viewers it became one of the shows that provided information and education about the Industrial Revolution 4.0, they realized that the ease they had at the moment was the impact of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 marked with the emergence of various applications, after watching this show they are more aware of it and also open their minds to be more creative and critical thinking about the problems that exist in their environment. Even though not all of them received the full message given by this show, one of them did not receive the full message given, so there are two mortgage positions occupied in this research, namely dominant and negotiation. Abstrak. Seiring berjalannya waktu terutama  bidang teknologi mengalami kemajuan yang sangat pesat, hampir semua pekerjaan terbantu oleh peran komputer dan internet. Dengan kemajuan ini muncul istilah Revolusi Industri 4.0, dimana sebuah revolusi yang diakibatkan oleh kemajuan teknologi yang pesat. Dengan adanya kemajuan ini kehidupan manusia semakin mudah, tidak hanya dalam bekerja namun juga dalam memenuhi kebutuhan hidup mereka. Muncul berbagai aplikasi yang diinisiasi oleh pemuda dari berbagai wilayah yang ingin membantu masyarakat untuk terus memenuhi ataupun membuat hidup mereka lebih baik,yang dapat mengurangi waktu,tenaga, dan biaya yang harus dikeluarkan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan tersebut. Yang diperlihatkan dalam Tayangan Mata Najwa episode #GenerasiSolusi dengan menghadirkan narasumber yang merupakan penemu dari aplikasi Wahyoo, Halodoc, Reblood, Riliv, dan CariUstadz. Para penonton melakukan sebuah resepsi pesan dari tayangan ini mengenai Revolusi Industri 4.0, bagi para penontonnya tayangan ini menjadi salah satu tayangan yang memberikan informasi dan edukasi mengenai Revolusi Industri 4.0, mereka menyadari bahwa kemudahan yang mereka miliki saat ini merupakan dampak dari Revolusi Industri 4.0 yang ditandai dengan munculnya beragam aplikasi, setelah menonton tayangan ini mereka lebih sadar akan hal itu dan juga membuka pikiran mereka untuk bisa lebih berfikir kreatif dan kritis lagi akan masalah-masalah yang ada di lingkungan mereka. Meskipun begitu tidak semua dari mereka menerima pesan sepenuhnya yang diberikan oleh tayangan ini, salah satu dari mereka tidak menerima pesan sepenuhnya  dengan pesan yang diberikan, sehingga terdapat dua posisi hipotekal yang ditempati di dalam penelitian ini yaitu dominan dan negosiasi.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elinor Ochs ◽  
Tamar Kremer-Sadlik

This essay considers the gendered work of childrearing through Harvey Sacks’ (1992) concept of doing ‘being ordinary’. While doing ‘being ordinary’ under-girds social order, what constitutes ‘ordinary’ changes over time. Neoliberalism ushered in middle-class childrearing ideologies that encourage parents to share ever more intensive responsibilities; yet, mothers ordinarily continue to assume the lion’s portion. Central to the intensive parenting practices primarily carried out by mothers is what we call ‘talk labour’, wherein dialoguing with children as conversational partners, beginning in infancy, is constant. The ubiquity of talk makes ordinary for young children a communicative style of heightened reflexivity about their own and others’ actions, ideas and sentiments – skills conducive to becoming a successful actor in the knowledge economy. This essay ties intensification of child-directed talk, critical to ‘doing being neoliberal mother’, to social transformations in family life rooted in modernity and the Industrial Revolution.


Author(s):  
Shreyas More ◽  
Meenal Sutaria

The two main challenges that future cities will face are the unavailability of material resources and the waste generated as a result of resource consumption. The chapter exhibits applied research into green charcoal that addresses the crisis of the fourth industrial revolution through the development of a biomaterial consisting of luffa, charcoal, and soil. It justifies that building materiality must be intentionally designed to transform over time and support an ecosystem of plants, insects, and birds to create self-sustaining natural habitats for all lifeforms. The approach to building materiality and building systems is performance-based, circular, and net positive, thus representing a departure from conventional architectural practices. It provides a framework for high-growth countries like India to reverse the resource crisis and achieve a competitive advantage over mature economies through such initiatives.


1984 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-3
Author(s):  
Carol Altizer-Tuning

New gadgets beckon to the imagination, and robots work in our factories and homes. We are facing a society that is increasingly automated, one that is going to change fundamentally the nature of the work expected of human beings. Such a change has occurred once before in history. During the Industrial Revolution, steam engines and other devices began to do the physical work of human beings. Today, computerization is changing familiar work patterns. Computers are taking over much of the mental labor we do routinely and repetitively. They free our minds to engage in more creative endeavors. People must be equipped for such changes. They must be prepared for the nonroutine, the unforeseen, the unfamiliar, and the uncertain. The standards of the past are inadequate for the present and future. It is important to recognize that not only do problems change over time but also do the methods, the tools, and the knowledge required for their solutions.


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