What should education teach?
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What should education teach?
Return discipline and teacher-centered classroom that were lost because of now forgotten "Philosopher" John Dewey durng 1950-60.
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True, education in medieval England, in ancient Jewry, and in modern times in those schools where children are set to learn holy texts by heart, for 3 instances, education is a different beast from what it is today in advanced democracies when it is a process apart from training or indoctrination, and aims to free children and older students from conformity for the sake of conformity.
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What should education be teaching?
ejb: In my state, Connecticut, until about fifty years ago, the only required school subject were English, History, Civics, and Geography. These are not conformity subjects, but knowledge needed to understand democtratic government. They have since been eliminated. These subjects were required to enable citizens to have a background to make rational and knowledgable choices in political elections. Otherwise, voting is not rational or knowledgable; it is emotive, or based on feeling. So now voting is had for the most popular Hollyword-type figure with the most charicma, not ability to givern. The destruction of political knowledge resulted in the "Me" generation that thinks only of self, note of national or international politics. The individuals is now a pawn of demomgogic orators and propagadists who goveren for their own benefit. Is there any conformity greater than "all education is for the child," when this education is based on conformity to varied ideologies and minorities. What ever happened to majority rule in politics and education? What ever happpened to the greater good?Belinda wrote: education is a different beast from what it is today in advanced democracies when it is a process apart from training or indoctrination, and aims to free children and older students from conformity for the sake of conformity.
Why has concensus, the voice of the loudest, replaced the voice oof reason, in Robert's Rule of Order indeciding political issues?
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Although I am forced to agree with you in principle, you come off as a little preachy. Normally that would be ad hominem, but consider the context. :)
There are a LOT of topics crammed into your words, and I would like to address some of them briefly.
The application of the study of history is to learn from mistakes. To learn from our non-mistakes would be less effective to say the least. The actual purpose of the study of history is simply to figure out the truth of the past.Teach ideal characters from history to imitate, not about "real" degenerfates.
Limiting ourselves to simple courses will not even address the problem. Maybe exacerbate it.Have the basic reading, writing, and arithmetic, not indoctinationa courses.
Please do not bring back segregation. Shared experience has real value.Special schools for mentally handicapped. trade schools for tradesmen, college for technicians, post-graduate for leaders.
Already done, and not working. Did you say this backwards to what you meant?Teach facts in elementary grades, concepts in college, and principles in postgraduate, not the reverse.
Regarding your last post, I mostly disagree. The humanities can be conformity subjects like any other. I do not believe the education system has done anything more than not teach logic to contribute to voter incompetency.
I either disagree or plain do not understand.Is there any conformity greater than "all education is for the child," when this education is based on conformity to varied ideologies and minorities.
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