Brave New Child

By Webster-Doyle, Terrence, Dr.

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Title:	Brave New Child
Author:	Webster-Doyle, Terrence, Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Psychology, Peace Education
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Publisher:	Atrium Publications


Citation APA MLA Chicago Terrence Webster-Doyle, B. D. (n.d.). Brave New Child. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/

Description
The intention of Brave New Child is to question the conventional process by which we rear and educate children so that we can begin to understand how education contributes to creating conflict in relationship. This book examines the psychological structure of the conditioned mind, a mind educated to live life according to idealistic patterns of behavior established by society and reinforced through the numerous social and educational situations created out of this conditioning. The intent of this book and the series is to enquire into how and why psychological conditioning comes into being and to explore the destructive nature of its influence – both individually and socially.

Summary
Education in the 20th Century has primarily been concerned with training students to survive in an emerging industrialized world, providing skills which produce goods and ensure economic prosperity – or, in essence, physical survival. Although scientific thinking has given us relative freedom and security, it has also created a life-threatening technology of highly sophisticated war machinery. It appears that our highly developed intellectual capacity is out of balance with a mature understanding of how to use that intellect in humane ways.

Excerpt
“Perhaps the most important intention in educating young people is to provide an environment that is free from fear. Fear generates hate and violence, and therefore prevents understanding. The nature and structure of fear must be explored within this new school if young people are to be free of conflict.”

Table of Contents
Foreword: Education for the 21st Century – A Crisis in Learning Introduction: Freedom from Psychological Conditioning Author’s Note The Essence of Learning – Observations on Psychological Conditioning and an Examination into the Nature of Enquiry and Intelligence A New Education for Sane and Intelligent Living – The Intention of a New School and a Presentation of a New Perspective in Teaching Academics and Living Skills Education and Self-Discovery – Enquiring into the Structure of Consciousness and the Roots of Learning A Sample Curriculum for Understanding Conditioning – Sample Activities for Children That Teachers and Parents Can Use to Develop an Understanding of the Influences of Psychological Conditioning The Martial Arts in Education: Solving Conflict Nonviolently – A Look at How the Practice of Martial Arts Can Help People Avoid Reacting Physically to Psychological Threats Observations on Education and Living – Commentaries on Vital Issues for a New Education • The Quality of Attention in Learning • Learning That Has No Motive • Prisoners of Freedom • Death and the Unknown • The Meaning of Suffering • The Myth of the American Dream • The Danger of Sentiment • The Heroic Adversary • The United Nations – A Contradiction in Terms • The Conflict of Self-Esteem • The Roots of Violence • The Danger of Becoming One Humanity • Patriotism – The Enemy of Peace • Can Thinking Solve the Problems Thinking Has Created? • The Myth of Many Paths • Politics – The Art of Conflict • The Ending of War – An Holistic Approach • Creative Discontent Afterword: Where Do We Go From Here? – The Future of Education and the Need for a Fundamental Change in Our Approach to Learning