ENST 320 SEpt. 29 Philosophies of Ed

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Intro to Philosophies of Education ENST 320

Intro to Philosophies of Education

Values, Morals, Ethics, Oh My!

Anything goes?

A school were kids don’t have to learn how to read?

English not the first language taught?

Intelligent design only Biology classes?

Tracking based upon genetic predispositions?

Flat-earth curricula?

“…teaching is a value-laden enterprise, subject to pluralism of beliefs that is endemic to multicultural democracies such as the U.S.” ... “We are always outfitted with some particular lens… it should neither surprise or disturb us to recognize that values condition our understanding of ambiguous data” (Ferrero)

Methods and Philosophies

It's not a Cosmo Quiz!

“Ideas are more powerful than guns, we took away their guns, why should we let them have their ideas?” J. Stalin.

Being aware of your assumptions allows you to remember the power of “the speech that moves the stone.”

You are also likely to have inclinations and assumptions you share with one philosophy over the others

You are unlikely to “be” one kind of philosophy only and in the extreme

Any teacher can employ most any method within any philosophy

Methods: lecturing (direct instruction), group work, Socratic (q and a), discussion, journaling, projects, etc.

Content (what) and Method (how) and Philosophy (why)

Different schools of thought in answering these questions

Critical Pedagogy

Liberating for both the oppressed and oppressor

Knowledge=Power -> Knowledge/Power

Becoming conscious and aware of hidden power structures

P. Freire, bell hooks,

Social Reconstructivism

Existentialism

Learning-- intrinsic motivation

Choice and free will

Humanities: meaning-making

Individualism and freedom. Existence precedes essence

AS Neil, M. Greene

Perrenialism

Using one’s minds well (socratic)

Against “technical” or instrumental knowledge

Great books curriculum

“Conservative”-- profound and enduring

R. Hutchins (recall from Ravitch)

Essentialism

Core knowledge, intellectual capital

Nationalistic, paternalistic

Back to basics approach

“Conservative”--cultural literacy

W. Bagley, E.D. Hirsch (recall from Rav)

Progressivism

Cosmo Quiz!

What philosophy are you? Which one challenges your values, beliefs, and worldview the most?

Philosophy of Education?

How should we educate for the good life?

Discipline

What is schooling for?

What should be mandatory?

Moral development?

Social, political, economic

What knowledge is of the most worth?

What is intelligence?

Knowing vs doing

2nd Level Questions

Who decides what you are interested in? When?

No, different people are interested in different things

Why shouldn’t everyone receive the same curriculum and course of instruction?

No, it’s just that not everyone needs Algebra, maybe some other kind of math

Are the only things worth knowing things that you use then?

Because you don’t need it in the real world

“Algebra is not important to learn” Why?

Intro to Progressive Education

Progressivism's Other Legacy

Student responsibility in schools

Collaborative and Cooperative Learning

Experiential Education

Problem and Project Based Learning

Labs

Outdoor Education

Service Learning

Place-Based Education

Progressivism's Seedy Underbelly

The drill?

Vo-Tech

Bureaucracy

Tracking

Bells, industrial organization

Factory model of education

Main Tenets

Classroom as a mini-democratic experiment (student voice and ownership of learning)

Children are naturally inclined to learn

Holistic (mind, body, spirit)

Emphasis on change

Using the institution of school to improve society (justice, equality, diversity, etc.)

Definitions

At least three variations ->Child-Centered ->Social Efficiency ->Democratic

Examples of each in the movie