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Critical Literacy And Postcolonial Praxis: A Freirian Perspective, Peter Mclaren

Education Faculty Articles and Research

"This essay examines the relationship among language, experience, and historical agency. It does so in the context of recent work in critical literacy and critical pedagogy. My discussion takes its bearings from the work of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, described in a recent interview with Carlos Alberto Torres as "the prime 'animateur' for pedagogical innovation and change in the second half of this century" (12). In part this essay stands as a poststructuralist and postcolonialist rereading of Freire that, while to a certain extent "reinventing" his work in light of perspectives selectively culled from contemporary social theory, attempts to remain …

O Currículo De 1899 De Epitácio Pessoa [The 1899 Curriculum Of Epitácio Pessoa], Karl M. Lorenz, Ariclê Vechia

Karl M Lorenz

O trabalho relata historia e analisa os conteudos de estudos do programa do Gymnasio Nacional (antigo Colegio Pedro II), proposta na reforma educacioal de 1899 de Epitácio Pessoa. A reforma retomou a idéia de um curso único para o Colégio, abolindo, assim, os cursos Clássico e Realista do plano anterior. Reduziu de sete para seis anos o curso secundário, seguindo a orientação do Curso Clássico de curriculo de 1898, ao mesmo tempo defendendo estudos de caráter pratico e utlitario, e nao so propadeutico. Uma analise do numero de series, numero de disciplinas e carga horaria demonstra que o curriculo quebrou …

The Post Office : A Social Studies Curriculum For Seven And Eight Year Olds, Carol Ribner

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This paper presents a curriculum that I have developed and used with my class of second graders over the past three years. The curriculum is the study of the Post Office as part of a study of the neighborhood, and the subsequent planning and running of a schoolwide post office.

Volume 10, No. 2

Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children

Bitting, Paul F. and Cheryl Southworth. “Reverence and the Passions of Inquiry.” 13­18.

Costa, Arthur L. “Orchestrating Next Steps in Educating the Intellect.” 39-­41.

Glaser, Jen. “Reason and the Reasoners.” 23­-29.

Martin, Kerri. “Children Around the World (paintings).” 19-­22.

Matthews, Gareth. “Thinking in Stories: Not Now, Bernard by David McKee.” 1.

Moriyon, Felix Garcia.“On Constructing an European Cultural Identity by Doing Philosophy with Children.” 2­-5.

Murris, Karin. “Beetle Crushers Lift the Lid on Mindless Behavior.” 30­-38.

Nisbet, John and Robert Fisher. “Letter from Europe.” 42­-43.

Raitz, Keith L. “Philosophy for Children in Guatemala: Latin American Adventures of the Gringo, Harry …

From Libertarianism To Egalitarianism, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

A standard natural rights argument for libertarianism is based on the labor theory of property: the idea that I own my self and my labor, and so if I "mix" my own labor with something previously unowned or to which I have a have a right, I come to own the thing with which I have mixed by labor. This initially intuitively attractive idea is at the basis of the theories of property and the role of government of John Locke and Robert Nozick. Locke saw and Nozick agreed that fairness to others requires a proviso: that I leave "enough …

Technology, Science And The English Tradition Of Liberal Education, Michael Barnett

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

The challenges posed to the Australian Education System by economic and industrial change have been discussed in a recent paper by John Mathews and colleagues (1988). An interesting feature of this paper is that it is premised on the proposition that 'flexible skill formation and the development of technological literacy' are' the preconditions of any citizen to be active in the democratic system'. This assertion supplies a very new answer to a very old question, namely that of identifying the basic elements of the education of a free citizen. Questions about the nature of a 'liberal education' were formulated and …

Competency-Based Standards In Teaching : Two Problems - One Solution, William Lauden

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Movement towards competency standards in teaching promises to bring together two parallel programs of reform: school improvement and skills formation. The first of these, school improvement has a history as long as the history of schooling. In recent decades, proposals for school improvement have led to changes in curriculum content, materials and structure; assessment; architecture; and governance of schools.

Contextualizing The Competency-Based Schooling, Victor V. Soucek

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

To a classroom teacher the current debate about work-related competencies might appear far removed from his/her classroom and have no significance for teacher education. Yet the proposed policy changes are likely to affect the work and the professional status of teachers in a very direct way. As Whitty and Willmott (1991: 312) point out, one of the fundamental problems of competency-based teaching/training (CBT) approach consists in the difficulty to define just how narrow or broad the competencies might be. A too narrow definition based on observable work-related skills might indicate a radical departure from the traditional role teachers played in …

O Currículo De 1899 De Epitácio Pessoa [The 1899 Curriculum Of Epitácio Pessoa], Karl M. Lorenz, Ariclê Vechia

Education Faculty Publications

O trabalho relata historia e analisa os conteudos de estudos do programa do Gymnasio Nacional (antigo Colegio pedro II), proposta na reforma educacioal de 1899 de Epitácio Pessoa. A reforma retomou a idéia de um curso único para o Colégio, abolindo, assim, os cursos Clássico e Realista do plano anterior. Reduziu de sete para seis anos o curso secundário, seguindo a orientação do Curso Clássico de curriculo de 1898, ao mesmo tempo defendendo estudos de caráter pratico e utlitario, e nao so propadeutico. Uma analise do numero de series, numero de disciplinas e carga horaria demonstra que o curriculo quebrou …

Using Adult Learning Techniques In Adult Education Conferences, John A. Henschke Edd

IACE Hall of Fame Repository

Conversation abounds regarding the importance of conducing adult education conference through using adult learning techniques which are consistent with what is known about how adults learn. Many professionals already successfully implement this naturally, and experience very positive feedback and results. But many still struggle with the question, "Why don't we practice on ourselves what we say we believe about adult learning?" The question this paper seeks to explore is: Since the field is not very systematic in this, what needs to happen if it is to change? Much published literature suggests various designs and techniques for making the transition, even …

Volume 10, No. 1

Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children

Benjamin, Martin. “Judgment and the Art of Compromise.” 2-­7.

English, Lyn. “Philosophy for Children and Mathematics Education.” 15-­16.

Glaser, Jen. “Reflections on Personhood: Developing a Sense through Community of Inquiry.” 19-­22.

Hughes, Judith. “The Philosopher’s Child.” 38­-45.

Liverani, Mary Rose. “The Young Philosophers.” 10­-12.

Matthews, Gareth. “Thinking in Stories: The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss.” 1.

Meyer, Zofia Golab. “The Retrial of Galileo in Cracow.” 37.

Neave, Phillip. “Young Kids Search for the Philosophers’ Stone.” 8­-9.

Nisbet, John. “Letter from Europe.” 35­-36.

Nowell, Linda. “At Risk: Development of Personhood.” 23­-25.

Shames, Stephen. “Children in Poverty: One Third of …

The Value Of Hebeler Children's School, Janet Lucille Smith

All Master's Theses

This thesis consists of a historical review of laboratory schools at Central Washington University. It is supplemented by the results of two informal surveys of in-service teachers who graduated from Central, along with present and retired faculty, administrators, teachers, and others connected and concerned with the education of teachers (see Appendices A and B). The surveys focus on the perception of the role of laboratory school experience in teacher preparation. Also included are interviews and correspondence with persons connected to Central and its laboratory schools (see Appendix C). Recommendations were given for opportunity to explore, study and identify the roles …

Choice In Education: A Controversy Of Paradigm Significance, Donald Gordon Wegner Ii

Theses Digitization Project

School vouchers.