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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1995
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ503884 |
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- Confederacy of Dunces: The Tyranny of Compulsory Schooling. Gatto, John Taylor Compulsory Education Conformity Critical Thinking Educational Philosophy Educational Practices Elementary Secondary Education Government Role Hidden Curriculum Intellectual Freedom Library Role Politics of Education Public Education Public Libraries Relevance (Education) Student Interests Public schooling fails by educating students to become dependent thinkers; by providing irrelevant curricula; and by weakening social institutions such as family, community, and religion. On the other hand, public libraries give students the freedom to choose what they want to read, encourage critical thinking, and be nonjudgmental of students. (LP)