Peter H. Wagschal

Educator and futures researcher; co-editor of R. Buckminster Fuller on Education (1979).

Peter H. Wagschal was an educator associated with the University of Massachusetts, working in the area of futures studies and educational reform. He is best known in the Fuller literature as co-editor, with Robert D. Kahn, of the anthology that gathered Fuller's writing and lectures on learning.

Relationship to Fuller

Relationship: chronicler. Wagschal co-edited R. Buckminster Fuller on Education (University of Massachusetts Press, 1979) with Robert D. Kahn, a project the editors described as an effort to "collect, edit, and publish the educational thought of R. Buckminster Fuller." The volume assembles pieces written across roughly two decades — including Fuller's signature argument on education automation — into a single statement of his view that children are born comprehensively competent, that conventional schooling deforms them, and that communications technology can free scholars to return to genuine inquiry. As editor, Wagschal helped shape and preserve Fuller's educational thought for a general readership.

See Also

• R. Buckminster Fuller (R. Buckminster Fuller) — the central figure
• R. Buckminster Fuller on Education (On Education) — the anthology he co-edited
• Education Automation (Education Automation) — the book's signature argument

Sources

• R. Buckminster Fuller on Education (source reference) — the anthology attributing his co-editorship