PhiloEd Flashcards
Week 9
“The kinds of goals and practices commonly represented in curricula that hope to foster democratic citizenship usually have more to do with voluntarism, charity, and obedience than with democracy.”
WESTHEIMER
“The kind of robust civic education that asks students to imagine a more just society offers students multiple perspectives on controversial issues and teaches them that critical engagement has always been a desirable goal for any democratic nation (see also Gadsden et al. in this issue). But the current toxic mix of ideological polarization, waning trust in government, and a breakdown in the traditions and institutions that enable democratic governance make these goals seem even more critical”
WESTHEIMER
“One hallmark of a totalitarian society is the notion of one single ‘truth’ handed down from a leader or small group of leaders to everyone else. Questioning that truth is not only discouraged but also often illegal”
WESTHEIMER
“The role of public education should be to expand children’s horizons, to teach them that they are part of a larger moral community than that in which they were raised and that their life options should not be limited to those endorsed by their parents and communities”
BRIGHOUSE
“There are good reasons for being deeply suspicious of teaching patriotism in schools; there are additional reasons for thinking that even if it should be taught, history is a particularly inappropriate discipline with which to convey it”
BRIGHOUSE
In the story relayed by Thomas (2021) at the start of Chapter 6, what kind of philosophy of education did the sabre-tooth traditionalists have?
Perennialism
According to Thomas, top chess players become top-notch problem solvers.
False
“the wider set of beliefs and values pupils acquire because of the way that a school is run and its teaching is organized”
[Hidden curriculum]
True or False? According to the reading (Dewey), in a well-ordered school, the teacher maximizes occasions in which he or she exercises authority over the students. The school is well-ordered because the teacher enforces rules.
False
True or False? According to Dewey, social control emerges most naturally from a sense of common purpose and involvement in community.
True
True or False? According to Dewey, troublemaking students make it impossible to build community and must be excluded from schools.
False
True or False? According to Dewey, troublemakers are often only troublemakers because lessons are not planned and thought out.
True
True or False? According to Dewey, advanced planning is unnecessary and inherently hostile to the legitimate function of those being instructed.
False
Why did Dewey talk about games? What was his point?
Games are an example of the positive and productive aspect of social control.
The BLANK model of education is one in which the students are the depositories and the teacher is the depositor. -Freire
BANKING
