The Learning/Social Revolution

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A SOCIAL REVOLUTION ANCHORED IN LEARNING

Society is going through a deep fundamental cultural transformation. Every
aspect of civilization -- economics, education, housing, food supply,
transportation, family, community, religion and others -- is in transition.
Our future will be radically different from the past and from today.

A basic truism of all transitions is that we can never predict the future of
any biological, physical or social system.  Like the weather,  small changes
in the initial conditions, the flap of a butterfly wing, may  produce major
changes in the future.  We can only prepare for options, and prepare the
cells from which the future may be built.
    "Spontaneous self-organization happens at the edge of chaos."  That is,
when enough similar cells exist, they will link together to form a new
system.  If that system gives more security to the individual cells, then
the system will become stable and sustainable.  If not the system will
collapse.  That is the status of our social system today, It is faced with
the threat of imminent instability and decay.

For any system to evolve to a potential new phase, all its elements must
harmoniously transform together. That suggests that all social institutions
must change as one for humanity to survive.  The current social system is
locked in a massive log jam preventing social change. One possible butterfly
wing is the proliferation of homeschooling. 

It is not well recognized that, perhaps the key-log in the jam is our
education system.  Inherent in the school/teach/educate system is a mode of
learning that tries to make all individuals learn the samething, at the same
time, in the same way.  This is not only an inefficent way for individuals
to learn, but also blocks the progress of society.

What future citizens  are taught by the mode of learning in schools,  are
the values and lifestyles of the passing age -- to be on time, to obey the
boss, to compete, to consume, to honor material wealth, to fit in, to accept
the status quo.  These were the values and lifestyles of the
corporate/factory/industrial era. These are the values and lifestyles that
must all change if a new social system is to emerge.

'A Coalition for Self-Learning' believes we must reexamine WHY we learn, HOW
we learn, and WHAT we learn.  We must think outside the school/teach/educate
box.  We must envision a world without schools -- a world of learning
communities. The Coalition is exploring and taking action on concepts for a
new society anchored in a new learning system.

We invite you to join our exploration
read our book on:
     <http://www.CreatingLearningCommunities.org>
join our discussion of new concepts for learning on:
      <LearningCommunities-subscribe@yahoobroups.com>
or join our movement for action on:
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A Coalition for Self-Learning