{"id":4373,"date":"2019-03-12T17:51:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T22:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=4373"},"modified":"2026-02-28T09:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:37:21","slug":"open-education-resources-semester-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=4373","title":{"rendered":"An Open Education Primer &#8211; Semester 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The following is a non-exhaustive collection of resources intended to inform educators interested in open education, open plan classrooms, and other forms of learner-centered environments. It only recommends resources found on the Internet. You should of course read John Holt, Loris Malaguzzi, Herb Kohl, A.S. Neill,&nbsp;Lillian Weber, Jonathan Kozol, Paulo Friere, David Perkins, David Hawkins, James Herndon, John Dewey and many others&#8230; Consider this an incomplete introduction to open (and progressive) education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the free eBook anthology curated by Gary Stager, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ntXAC-_pa2gM-KgnSr3eQ77NejIud60h\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Dreams of Progressive Education<\/strong><\/a>. This eBook assembles seminal books and articles to help guide progressive educators on their journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a bibliography at the end of this page. <a href=\"#bibliography\">Click here<\/a> to jump to that bibliography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vintage Videos from the 1970s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/322945845\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;\ufeff&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;\ufeff&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;<\/iframe><br><em>A documentary on open education and open plan schools.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/323076608\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br><em>A Southern United States community commits to open education in an old public primary school.<\/em><br><em>This video blows my mind.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/322946650\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;\ufeff&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;<\/iframe><br><em>Herbert Kohl, a pioneer of open education featured in this documentary on the early days of whole language and open education.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Getting Started?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting started reading about progressive education? Try <a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=4254\">this handy shortlist<\/a> of recommended books Gary Stager assembled for teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Seminal Book<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Open-Classroom.pdf\"><strong>The Open Classroom<\/strong><\/a> by Herbert Kohl<br>This short book launched the open education movement in the United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But how do they learn to read?<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Reading-by-Frank-Smith.pdf\"><strong>Reading<\/strong><\/a> by Frank Smith A seminal text on natural approaches to literacy (free PDF). Frank Smith&#8217;s books, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48iAWuw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reading F.A.Q.<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/41x5GGi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unspeakable Acts, Unnatural Practices: Flaws and Fallacies in Scientific Reading Instruction<\/a><\/strong>, are indispensable tools in the &#8220;science of reading&#8221; era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to &#8220;do it&#8221;<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4835dOq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Making Learning Whole<\/strong><\/a> by David Perkins is a great practical book for helping teachers think about teaching in a project approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Classroom organization<\/strong><br>Although written for early childhood, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3uXrrmb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Choice Time: How to Deepen Learning Through Inquiry and Play<\/strong><\/a>, does a terrific time of helping educators at any level think about classroom centers and student autonomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Space design<\/strong><br>Prakash Nair is one of the world&#8217;s finest progressive school designers and architects. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48nbtAl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Learning by Design: Live Play Engage Create<\/strong><\/a>, as well as his new <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3vdVbv9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more specialized books<\/a> are highly recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So, you want to reinvent secondary education&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RXTfAd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Big Picture: Education Is Everyone&#8217;s Business<\/strong><\/a> by Dennis Littky and Samantha Grabelle\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bigpicture.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Big Picture Schools network web site<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegeunbound.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">College Unbound web site<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ted Sizer&#8217;s trilogy: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Ty5OmK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Horace&#8217;s Compromise<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4asM1eE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Horace&#8217;s School<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/41rzpjA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Horace&#8217;s Hope<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Coalition of Essential Schools&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/essentialschools.org\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ten Common Principles<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Democratic learner-centered schooling<\/strong><br>Deborah Meier&#8217;s book, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/41AL8wr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an era of Testing and Standardiz<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Schools-We-Trust-Communities-Standardization-ebook\/dp\/B00BE24V7G\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MPTGOANSJHEH&amp;keywords=in+schools+we+trust&amp;qid=1702935812&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=in+schools+we+trust%2Cstripbooks%2C132&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>ation<\/strong><\/a>, is a must-read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This isn&#8217;t new!<\/strong><br>Angela Patri&#8217;s book, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3tnOruh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>A Schoolmaster of the Great City<\/strong><\/a>, remains a clear-eyed and practical plan for the future of education. It was first published in 1917.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inventtolearn.com\/around-the-world-with-the-8-big-ideas-of-the-constructionist-learning-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Seymour Papert&#8217;s Eight Big Ideas Behind Constructionism <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worrydream.com\/refs\/Hawkins%20-%20Messing%20About%20In%20Science.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>David Hawking&#8217;s Messing About with Science<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailypapert.com\/computer-as-material-messing-about-with-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Computer As Material: Messing About with Time<\/strong><\/a> by Seymour Papert &amp; George Franz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<table>\n  <!-- Row 1: Books 1 & 2 -->\n  <tr>\n    <td>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0325077657\/ref=nosim?tag=resourcesforprog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heinemann.com\/shared\/covers\/9780325077659.jpg\" width=\"117\" height=\"176\" alt=\"Choice Time\" \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/td>\n    <td>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0312141378\/ref=nosim?tag=resourcesforprog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1438655698i\/178729.jpg\" width=\"117\" height=\"176\" alt=\"Summerhill School\" \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <!-- Row 2: Books 3 & 4 -->\n  <tr>\n    <td>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0470633719\/ref=nosim?tag=resourcesforprog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1348208713i\/4116086.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"162\" alt=\"Making Learning Whole\" \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/td>\n    <td>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0807747858\/ref=nosim?tag=resourcesforprog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/covers.openlibrary.org\/b\/isbn\/9780807747858-L.jpg\" width=\"109\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Reading FAQ\" \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <!-- Row 3: Books 5 & 6 -->\n  <tr>\n    <td>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0325006199\/ref=nosim?tag=resourcesforprog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1348472389i\/550136.jpg\" width=\"114\" height=\"172\" alt=\"Unspeakable Acts, Unnatural Practices\" \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/td>\n    <td>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RXTfAd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1388377273i\/196483.jpg\" width=\"117\" height=\"176\" alt=\"The Big Picture: Education Is Everyone's Business\" \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <!-- Row 4: Books 7 & 8 -->\n  <tr>\n    <td>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0807031518\/ref=nosim?tag=resourcesforprog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1388377899i\/219251.jpg\" width=\"114\" height=\"176\" alt=\"In Schools We Trust\" \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/td>\n    <td>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Ty5OmK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1428892595i\/212993.jpg\" width=\"114\" height=\"176\" alt=\"Horace's Compromise\" \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>But how do they learn math\/maths?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Seymour Papert&#8217;s Mathland<\/strong><br><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/44907186\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8-big-ideas-for-cloth-poster-with-correct-QR-code-smaller-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8-big-ideas-for-cloth-poster-with-correct-QR-code-smaller-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8-big-ideas-for-cloth-poster-with-correct-QR-code-smaller-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8-big-ideas-for-cloth-poster-with-correct-QR-code-smaller-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8-big-ideas-for-cloth-poster-with-correct-QR-code-smaller-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8-big-ideas-for-cloth-poster-with-correct-QR-code-smaller-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8-big-ideas-for-cloth-poster-with-correct-QR-code-smaller-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Constance Kamii Videos<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/151124101\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/151124101\">Double-Column Addition<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/151124100\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/151124100\">Multiplication of Two-digit Numbers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/151124093\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/151124093\">Multidigit Division<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fm4es_VfjC0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"The%20difficulty of constructing &quot;tens&quot; solidly\">Making Change &#8211;&nbsp;The difficulty of constructing &#8220;tens&#8221; solidly<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L06tFh4FSF4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L06tFh4FSF4\">Constance Kamii Direct vs Indirect Ways of Teaching Number Concepts at Ages 4-6<br><\/a>A comprehensive lecture explaining Piagetian ideas showing that although number concepts cannot be taught directly, they can be taught indirectly by encouraging children to think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"kamii\"><strong>Kamii Games for Developing Number Sense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/constancekamii\/articles-available-for-printing\/Card%20Games%20with%20Playing%20Cards%20-%20Constance%20Kamii.pdf?attredirects=0&amp;d=1\">Arithmetic&nbsp;Games with Playing Cards<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/constancekamii\/articles-available-for-printing\/Board_Game_Sorry%21_%282003%29.pdf?attredirects=0&amp;d=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Modifying a Board Game (Sorry) to Foster Kindergartners\u2019 Logico-Mathematical Thinking<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamii-Arithmetic-for-First-Graders-Lacking-Number-Concepts.pdf\">Kamii Arithmetic for First Graders Lacking Number Concepts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamii-Multiplication-games.pdf\">Multiplication Games: How We Made and Used Them<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamii-Lining_Up_the_5s_2006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lining-Up the 5s &#8211; A Card Game<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kamii-on-Games-over-Worksheets.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kamii on Games over Worksheets<\/a>&nbsp;(article)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/constancekamii\/materials-for-the-classroom\">Kamii Game Cards to download and print<\/a> (link has gone dead &#8211; trying to find backup)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/deyproject.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/kamiideyccssmathpaper.pdf\">Selected Standards from the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, Grades K-3, and My Reasons for Not Supporting Them<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(A 2015 white paper by Constance Kamii)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamii-Playing-with-Numbers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Playing with Numbers &#8211; Constance Kamii and Reinventing Arithmetic in Early Childhood Education<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U0hTzLQNEUQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br>Constance Kamii and Lillian Katz &#8220;Defending the Early Years&#8221; panel<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2ZnyAa4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"126\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-11.43.32-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-11.43.32-AM.png 550w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-11.43.32-AM-300x69.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Other FABULOUS Inspirational Videos with Implications for Open Education<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6DuAqqj4Krg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br>I remember seeing this live when it aired in 1991. There is rarely any coverage of education this sensible on television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KPNL5DOTBrk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br>The late Bev Bos &#8211; &#8220;Starting at Square One&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bibliography\">A brief bibliography of Open Education Texts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"bibliography\">Links are to Amazon, or in the case of articles to the article itself. Online reading links are at the end of many citations.<br>(These will be alphabetized shortly.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alexander, R. (2010). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43CdaHg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Children, their World, their Education: Final Report and Recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review<\/a><\/em>. Routledge. [<a href=\"https:\/\/cprtrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/CPR_revised_booklet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read\/Download<\/a> summary report]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dewey, J. (1916). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/477fr0e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education<\/a><\/em>. Free Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Freire, P. (2000). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3DlKhEE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pedagogy of the Oppressed<\/a><\/em>. Bloomsbury Academic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Holt, J. (1964). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3XWQkJk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Children Fail<\/a><\/em>. Pitman Publishing. [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/HowChildrenFail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a> at Internet Archive]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Illich, I. (1971). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3K4vj9S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deschooling Society<\/a><\/em>. Harper &amp; Row. [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/DeschoolingSociety_943\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download\/Read\/Borrow<\/a> at Internet Archive]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kohl, H. (1969). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3rEExDa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Open Classroom: A Practical Guide to a New Way of Teaching<\/a><\/em>. New York Review Books. [<a href=\"https:\/\/vidyaonline.org\/dl\/openclassroom.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link<\/a> to PDF]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norris, M. A. (1975). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/ED115402.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Continuity and Connection: Curriculum in Five Open Classrooms<\/a><\/em>. ERIC. [article]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Passow, A. H. (1971). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43vzGle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reactions to Silberman&#8217;s Crisis in the Classroom: With a Response, by Charles E. Silberman<\/a><\/em>. CA Jones Publishing Company.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peters, R. S. (1966). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3pS3WZL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ethics and Education<\/a><\/em>. Allen &amp; Unwin. [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/ethicseducation0000pete_s1g4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Borrow\/Read<\/a> at Internet Archive]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Postman, N., &amp; Weingartner, C. (1969). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q1DirW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teaching as a Subversive Activity<\/a><\/em>. Delacorte Press. [<a href=\"http:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/241\/files\/2009\/07\/Teaching-as-a-Subversive-Activity-Postman.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rogers, C. (1969). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/459Sxnd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Freedom to Learn<\/a><\/em>. Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schneir, W., &amp; Schneir, M. (1971). <a href=\"https:\/\/timesmachine.nytimes.com\/timesmachine\/1971\/04\/04\/93612980.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&amp;ip=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Joy of Learning &#8211; In the Open Corridor<\/a>. <em>New York Times Magazine<\/em>. [article]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Silberman, C. E. (1970) <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3DlK987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Crisis in the Classroom: The Remaking of American Education<\/em><\/a>. Random House. [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/crisisinclassroo00rand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read\/Borrow<\/a> from Internet Archive]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Silberman, C. E. (Ed.). (1973) <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43zojJ5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Open Classroom Reader<\/a><\/em>. Vintage Books.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sizer, Theodore (1964)&nbsp;<em>Secondary Schools at the Turn of the Century.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stephens, L. S. (1971) <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/44LTwKx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Teacher&#8217;s Guide to Open Education<\/a><\/em>. Prentice-Hall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stenhouse, L. (1975). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3K4vvG8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An Introduction to Curriculum Research and Development<\/a><\/em>. Heinemann.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weber, L. (1971). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3rG7nD9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The English Infant School and Informal Education<\/a><\/em>. Prentice-Hall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weber, L., &amp; Dennison, G. (1971). <em>Open Corridor in the City School<\/em>. Schocken Books.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Williams, P. (1967). <em>Education in Change: British Infant Schools and Infant Education<\/em>. Routledge and Kegan Paul.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=7220\">Here is an even more comprehensive bibliography<\/a> of seminal books about open education (of the 1960s-70s variety)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">Veteran educator Dr. Gary Stager is co-author of <\/em><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2SJbYhH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2SJbYhH\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">Invent To Learn\u200a\u2014\u200aMaking, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom<\/em><\/a><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\"> and the founder of the <\/em><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/constructingmodernknowledge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/constructingmodernknowledge.com\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">Constructing Modern Knowledge<\/em><\/a><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\"> summer institute. 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