A Common Vision Realized: Holistic Educators’ and Utopian Visionaries’ Ideas Brought to Life

Authors

  • Kristan Accles Morrison Radford University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14288/ce.v10i4.186409

Keywords:

Alternative Education, Utopian Thought, Holistic Education, Education Revolution, Visionary Educators

Abstract

This article will explore the common educational vision of two distinct groups — holistic educators and American utopian authors of late-19th to mid/late-20th century — and then propose that this joint vision, along with its actualization in a variety of forms of alternative education (e.g. unschooling, democratic free schooling, Montessori and Waldorf schools, etc.) is positive evidence of a “self-organizing revolution” (Miller, 2008).  This revolution is working to challenge dominant educational paradigms, and should serve as a source of hope for many who despair that more idealistic visions of education will never come to be in our country. 

Author Biography

Kristan Accles Morrison, Radford University

Kristan Morrison is a professor in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership at Radford University.  She teaches foundations of education courses and her research interests lie in the area of alternative, democratic, student-directed forms of education (e.g free schools, unschooling).

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Published

2019-02-15

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 4 (2019)

Section

Articles

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