Are there any major purposes of
schooling left out by Labaree? What do you make of his conclusion (Is there any
hope to push back against the predominant notion of education as a private
good?)?
Thursday, January 15, 2015
January 27…Public Schooling in the U.S.: The Beginnings
Comment on Jefferson’s plan for public education,
particularly on what his plan says about what TJ saw as the purpose of
education. How do Jefferson’s aims
compare to Mann’s aims? Feel free to
also consider the plans’ shortcomings, but do your best to keep things in
historical perspective.
February 3…The Teacher Voice Project
Have you done much
thinking about how and whether the professional responsibilities of educators
go beyond the classroom and school? React to some of the ideas in the Teacher
Voice Project paper (Stringer and Vileisis) and what it suggests for your life as a teacher.
February 10…Schooling and Social Change in an Unjust Society
After reading a bit from Dubois and Washington,
where do you come down on their disagreements regarding the best way to educate
African-Americans in the post-civil War U.S.?
Does their debate have any relevance today (for African-Americans or
other marginalized groups)?
February 24…Progressive Approaches (note: this date changed from Feb. 17)
From what you can tell (based on your quick read of "My Pedagogic Creed" or "The School and Social Progress," how would Dewey have
reacted to the Brooklyn Free School?
March 17...Relating the Interviews to the Theory
March 17...Relating the Interviews to the Theory
Think about your mini-interviews. Can you see any ways in which the theory we
read illuminates your participant's comments? Are there any ways in which your
participant's comments contradict the theory we have read? Any surprises?
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