EDU 111—Perspectives on American Education: 03/15/08

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Learning Theories and Educational Philosophy

Behaviorism

Constructivism

Constructivism as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning

Critical Theory

And consider this by Maxine Greene—assumptions about learning? Philosophical grounding?

"Carpe Diem: The Arts and School Restructuring," Maxine Greene (Teachers College Record, vol. 95, no. 4, pp. 494-507)

“Arts of the Possible,” Adrienne Rich (2001)

Universal public education has two possible—and contradictory—missions. One is the development of a literate, articulate, and well-informed citizenry so that the democratic process can continue to evolve and the promise of radical equality can be brought closer to realization. The other is the perpetuation of a class system dividing an elite, nominally “gifted” few, tracked from an early age, from a very large underclass essentially to be written off as alienated from language and science, from poetry and politics, from history and hope—toward low-wage temporary jobs. The second is the direction our society has taken. The results are devastating in terms of the betrayal of a generation of youth. The loss to the whole of society is incalculable. (p. 162)

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Learning Theories and Educational Philosophy