educational philosophy – Taking Children Seriously

Free to learn: the immorality of compulsory schools

Surely it is cruel to force people to live with the consequences of the ideas and preferences they had when they were children?

What is the relationship between Karl Popper’s epistemology, the ideas of David Deutsch and Taking Children Seriously?

Taking Children Seriously: a new view of children

Taking Children Seriously is a new VIEW of children – a non-paternalistic view: children do not actually need to be controlled for their own good. An Oxford Karl Popper Society talk.

Home education in Britain

Is Taking Children Seriously revolutionary?

Taking Children Seriously is neither utopian nor revolutionary. It is fallibilist and respects tradition as well as the growth of knowledge.

Answering questions about Karl Popper’s epistemology

Karl Popper on the growth of knowledge

Educational theory: science or philosophy?

Unschooling and Karl Popper

Popper’s epistemology and the everyday lives of children

Video games: a unique educational environment

Professor David Deutsch on why he himself values and plays video games, and why the arguments against them are mistaken.