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In Search Of Political Literacy : Teaching Philosophy Of Education In A Freirean Mode, Noel Preston
In Search Of Political Literacy : Teaching Philosophy Of Education In A Freirean Mode, Noel Preston
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
The paper describes and analyses one attempt to teach philosophy of education at pre-service level. The course is based on Freirean insights and methodology. It argues that this provides a framework for a philosophy of education which aims at education for political literacy.
Does The Generality Of Philosophy Of Education Ensure Its Triviality?, Paul Hagar
Does The Generality Of Philosophy Of Education Ensure Its Triviality?, Paul Hagar
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
I will start by drawing attention to two assumptions about Philosophy of Education. These two assumptions underpin the belief that Philosophy of Education is a subject worthy of study by beginning teachers. The assumptions are: (a) Philosophy of Education discovers and develops substantial and informative general principles and theories about education (hereafter the content assumption. (b) These general principles and theories are applied by teachers in order to help solve some of their professional problems (hereafter the application assumption). In this paper I mainly will be canvassing reasons for doubting both of these assumptions. Then I will briefly consider some …
The Establishment Of An Effective Communication System In Schools, Graeme Lock
The Establishment Of An Effective Communication System In Schools, Graeme Lock
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
One of the emerging trends in Australian education in recent years has been the increasing amount of interaction between schools and their communities. Such a trend is no better exemplified than in the establishment of school-based decision-making groups. The closer relationship which has begun to exist between schools and their communities necessitates an improvement in communication. As part of an investigation into increasing community participation in school decision-making processes, the issue of school community communication procedures was examined, and its importance ascertained. This article will suggest methods by which school-community communication can be improved and briefly outline the implications that …
Has Restructuring Left High School Teachers Professionally Stranded?, Rod Chadbourne, Rod Quin
Has Restructuring Left High School Teachers Professionally Stranded?, Rod Chadbourne, Rod Quin
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
In February 1987 the 'Better Schools Report' was released in Western Australia. It provided the blueprint for a radical restructuring of the state education system based on the principles of administrative decentralization devolution of authority, and corporate management, The proposed changes were designed to make schools more self-determining, They were also intended to make the delivery of education more responsive, flexible, and accountable. To those ends, the Ministry of Education's central office was streamlined, the nine regional offices were replaced by twenty nine district offices, principals were given responsibility for recommending the permanency of all new teachers, and a process …
An Idea To Save Educational Theory, M. A. B. Degenhardt
An Idea To Save Educational Theory, M. A. B. Degenhardt
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
The future looks gloomy for educational theory. The place of theory in the education of teachers and in deliberations on educational policy, is being speedily reduced. The number of persons employed to teach educational theory is declining and many of those who remain are having to teach adulterated or dubiously 'relevant' theory regarding which they can feel no real enthusiasm or honest commitment. It is possible that some areas of educational theory which have developed impressively over the last two or three decades will almost vanish. Already one can discern the unhappy consequences for practice. Thus a valuable contribution to …
Forms Of Knowledge, Teacher Education And The Manipulation Of Beliefs, Peter G. Woolcock
Forms Of Knowledge, Teacher Education And The Manipulation Of Beliefs, Peter G. Woolcock
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
In this paper I will argue that Hirst's idea of forms of knowledge has a vital contribution to make to the education of teachers. In his 1965 paper, 'School Education and the Nature of Knowledge' (Hirst, 1974), Hirst argued that there are seven distinct forms of knowledge, each with its own unique concepts, distinctive logical structure, testability against experience and unique methods of testing. These seven forms of knowledge were mathematics, the physical sciences, the human sciences, history, religion, literature and the fine arts, and philosophy and moral knowledge. My paper, however, is not an attempt to reinstate forms of …
Chaos Theory And Competency Based Teacher Education, Clive Chappell
Chaos Theory And Competency Based Teacher Education, Clive Chappell
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Central paradigms of modern science are being questioned by an emerging group of scientists called chaos theorists. They argue that the reductionist approach to analysing real systems in order to predict future behaviour of the system cannot succeed. They go further arguing that unpredictable dynamic systems when observed holistically reveal patterns which have the capacity to bring order to chaos. This paper suggests that the reductionist approach to investigation and the ideology of determinism has been absorbed by many other disciplines including education and that investigators in these disciplines need to re-assess their activities in the light of the work …
Political Education In Australia : 'Well-Being' For Youth, Harry C. J. Phillips
Political Education In Australia : 'Well-Being' For Youth, Harry C. J. Phillips
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Interest in political socialisation and education, and the agencies through which it occurs, can be traced back to the beginnings of political theory. Much of Plato's Republic was devoted to the proper training patterns of various 'classes' in his ideal state. He reasoned that if political socialisation or civic training was defective a political system would inevitably degenerate through timocracy, oligarchy, and democracy to tyranny (Phillips and Rielly, 1982, 24). Aristotle, as Plato's outstanding student, took it for granted that the legislator should make the political education of the young a major goal. To ensure the stability of the Constitution, …
Changing Societal And Familial Trends : Changing Teacher Strategies, Dawn Butterworth
Changing Societal And Familial Trends : Changing Teacher Strategies, Dawn Butterworth
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Teachers today are working in an era of rapid and complex change. Not only must they be aware of these societal and familial changes, but they must also know how to respond to the changed needs of individual children within the context of their changing families and society. It is no longer appropriate for teachers to operate on the basis of out-of-date stereotypes depicted by texts and teachings which have been based on earlier life-styles and circumstances. Teacher education institutions must also play their part in ensuring that both pre and post-service teachers are kept abreast of these rapid societal …