Books, Education, Video

Behavioral Conditioning for Schools and Capitalism

Today’s post on education is a reading excerpt from the book “RootEd: How Trauma Impacts Learning and Society.” This excerpt was taken from Chapter 11: “Behavioral Conditioning for Schools and Capitalism” read by the author, S. R. Zelenz. To learn more about this book and research supporting the points made and referenced in this book, please visit the website https://rootedresearch.org. 

References for Chapter 11 reading

Amer, K. & Nourjaim, J. (2019). The great hack. https://www.thegreathack.com/#home

Bernays, E. (1928). Propaganda. Ig Publishing

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019, October 15). Data and statistics about ADHD. Https://www.cdc.gov/ncbdd/adhd/data.html 

Darwin, C. (1871) The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London.

Fichte, J. G. (1808). Reden an die deutsche Nation. Translated by Isaac Nakhimovsky, Béla Kapovsky, and Keit Tribe. Hackett Publishing  Company, Inc., Indianapolis/Cambridge, 2013.

Gray, P. (2011). Psychology (6th edition). Worth Publishers p. 108-109.

Howie L.D., Pastor P.N., Lukacs S.L. (2014).. Use of medication prescribed for emotional or behavioral difficulties among children aged 6-17 years in the United States, 2011-2012. NCHS Data Brief. 2014 Apr;(148):1-8.  ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24762418

Inglis, A. (1918). Principles of secondary education. Houghton Mifflin Company, Harvard University.

Kasenbacher, M. (2012, December 24). Work, learning and freedom: Interview with Noam Chomsky. New Left Project. para. 11. Https://chomsky.info/20121224/

Levine, B.E. (2018). Resisting Illegitimate Authority: A Thinking Person’s Guide to Being an Anti-Authoritarian – Strategies, Tools, and Models. AK Press.

Mendizza, M. (2009). Everything we think about school is wrong: An interview with John Taylor Gatto. Touch the Future. Https://tt-future.org/blog/michael/everything-we-think-about-schooling-wrong-interview-john-taylor-gatto.

National Center for Health Statistics (2014). Health, United States, 2013: With Special Feature on Prescription Drugs. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm 

Pavlov, I.P. (1926). Conditioned reflexes and psychiatry: Lectures on conditional reflexes, Vol. 2. Read Books Limited (2013).

Spinoza, B. (1669). Tractate Religico Politicu. Translated by Jonathan Bennett (2017). https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/spinoza1669.pdf

Spitz, V. (2005). Doctors from hell: The horrific account of Nazi experiments on humans. Sentient Publications.

Watson, J.B.& Rayner, R. (1920). Conditioned emotional reactions. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 3, 1-14.

Wills, M. (2017). When forced sterilization was legal in the U.S.. JSTOR Daily. Https://daily.jstor.org/when-forced-sterilization-was-legal-in-the-u-s/

    Author: Shella Zelenz

    Shella Zelenz is a global traveler and seeker of truth. Her various endeavors have involved her in nonprofit management and support, education, the arts, as well as numerous research fields. She has always been in search of information and answers to the problems she saw before her. When she isn’t writing, she is listening to music from around the world or partaking in international television and film. In her travels, she often sought destinations in order to better understand the history and how their experiences have shaped them as a people. She has traveled 26 countries with her family and their dog. They also managed to pick up a cat along the way while in Panama. Her work has also facilitated publication for medical and research journals as well as privately published books. Her newly released book, “RootEd: How Trauma Impacts Learning and Society” is available for purchase worldwide.