| Blog Post Published on: | 26th October 2022 |
| Title: | Co-op Studies, Cooperatives, Folk Schools, and Quaker Work Camps |
| Lead Author: | Fred M. Beshears |
| Type of Blog Post: | cooperative_movement |
Co-op Studies Programs
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Center for Cooperatives
Supporting cooperatives through research, education, and outreach.
https://uwcc.wisc.edu/
Cooperatives
Consumers’ co-operative
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumers%27_co-operative
Worker Cooperative
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_cooperative
Co-operative economics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-operative_economics
United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Federation_of_Worker_Cooperatives
Notes on the Cooperative Workplace by Joyce Rothschile
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/05/18/notes-on-the-cooperative-workplace-by-joyce-rothschild/
Folk Schools, Homesteads, Freedom Schools, and Schools of Living
Co-op Folk College to Open this Fall by Dave Sonquist
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/05/17/co-op-folk-college-to-open-this-fall-by-dave-sonquist/
Prospectus for a Cooperative Work School by Dave Sonquist
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/05/17/prospectus-for-a-cooperative-work-school-by-dave-sonquist/
The Folk School Alliance: a project of the Folk Education Association of America
http://folkschoolalliance.org/
A Brief History of Folk Schools
http://folkschoolalliance.org/a-brief-history-of-folk-schools/
John C. Campbell Folk School
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Campbell_Folk_School
Deep Springs College
[FMB Note: DSC inspired the creation of Thoreau College.]
https://www.deepsprings.edu/
Thoreau College
[FMB Note: Evolved in collaboration with Driftless Folk School.]
https://www.thoreaucollege.org/
Driftless Folk School Catalog of Course Offerings from 2018
[FMB Note: There website is down as of 9am 6/4/2020, but their catalog pdf is available.]
http://driftlessfolkschool.org/wp-content/uploads/DFS18_Catalog_web.pdf
Folk High School
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_high_school
Highlander Research and Education Center (aka Highlander Folk School)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander_Research_and_Education_Center
Louise Strandness Gosho on the Idea of a Homestead at Circle Pines Center
https://memeinnovation.wordpress.com/2020/05/16/louise-strandness-gosho-on-the-idea-of-a-homestead-at-circle-pines-center/
Ralph Borsodi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Borsodi
Heathcote Community and the Heathcote School of Living
http://www.heathcote.org/
Freedom Schools
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Schools
Chicago Freedom School
https://chicagofreedomschool.org
Quaker Work Camps
Quaker Work Camp FAQ
https://quaker.org/legacy/qwi/workcamp/faq.html
Alternative Theories of Education
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Democratic Education – A. S. Neill
A. S. Neill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._S._Neill
Summerhill: a radical approach to child rearing (book ay A. S. Neill)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhill_(book)
—
Folk School Education – Myles Horton
Myles Horton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myles_Horton
The Long Haul (autobiography of Myles Horton)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Haul_(autobiography)
“Horton pioneered many of the educational principles Paulo Freire would make famous worldwide in the 1980s.”
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed – Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Freire
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedagogy_of_the_Oppressed
List of Quaker Schools and Summer Camps
Quaker Summer Camps
http://www.quakers4re.org/quakercamps
List of Friends Schools
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Friends_schools
Mainstream Sociology
A Challenge to the Democratic Workplace, School, and Summer Camp
Robert Michels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Michels
Political Parties: A sociological study of the oligarchical tendencies of modern democracy (1911). by Robert Michels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_Parties
Max Weber
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Weber
Max Weber Political Theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy#Max_Weber