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Fall 2010

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 26, Number 1

Categories: Education | Fall 2010

Assume Anarchy: The Educational Philosophy of Peter Boettke

Scott A. Beaulier, Troy University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise26(1),2010,27-38AssumeAnarchy:TheEducationalPhilosophyofPeterBoettkeScottA.BeaulierTroyUniversityAbstractKneller(1984,1978,1971)identifiesfourmajortheoriesofeducation:progressivism,perennialism,essentialism,andreconstructionism.Noparticularthemefitsmymentor,PeterBoettke,particularlywell.Infact,Boettke’seducationalphilosophycanbestbedescribedaseducationalanarchism,andhiseducationalphilosophycomesfromhisunderstandingofeconomics.Wewouldneverwantaonesizefitsall,“topdown”approachappliedtotheeconomyasawhole.Bythesamelogic,whywouldweeverwanttoimposeaonesizefitsallstandardonsomethingasdiverseasastudentbody?Boettke’smethod,whichcanalsobesummarizedasa“justdoit”method,issensitivetohisdifferentstudentsandreliesonlocalknowledgeoftimeandplace.ThearticledescribeseducationalanarchismandexplainshowBoettkehaseffectivelyappliededucationalanarchisminpractice.JELCodes:A22,B31Keywords:Economiceducation;EconomiccommunicationDon'tbeastonished,MissTaggart,anddon'tmakethemistakeofthinkingthatthesethreepupilsofminearesomesortofsuperhumancreatures.They'resomethingmuchgreaterandmoreastoundingthanthat:they'renormalmen–athingtheworldhasneverseen–andtheirfeatisthattheymanagedtosurviveassuch.Itdoestakeanexceptionalmindandastillmoreexceptionalintegritytoremainuntouchedbythebrain-destroyinginfluencesoftheworld'sdoctrines,theaccumulatedevilofcenturies–toremainhuman,sincethehumanistherational.–HughAkstonspeakingtoDagnyTaggartinAynRand’sAtlasShrugged27

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Title	Assume Anarchy: The Educational Philosophy of Peter Boettke
Authors/Creators:	Scott A. Beaulier, Troy University
Year:	2010
Volume:	26
Number:	1
Pages:	27 - 38
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Economic Education, Methodology, Pedagogy, Teaching, Boettke, Educational science, Economic theory, Anarchy

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Beaulier, Scott A. / 2010. "Assume Anarchy: The Educational Philosophy of Peter Boettke." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 26(1): 27-38.