Topic 3: Historical Foundations of Education

Topic 3: Historical Foundations of Education

120 Years ofAmerican Education:A Statistical Portrait

Thomas Jefferson on education

Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841)

Historical Foundations (PPT)

Key Issue: Corporal Punishment

“Is Corporal Punishment an Effective Means of Discipline?” (APA)

“Perspectives on the Effects of Corporal Punishment: Comment on Gershoff (2002),” G. W. Holden (2002)

Key Issue: Single-Sex Education

Single-sec education: Pros and cons

“The Pseudoscience of Single-Sex Schooling,” Halpern, et al. (2011)

NYT related coverage of Halpern, et al.

Progressive education: An overview

Recommended: “Progressive Education: Why It’s Hard to Beat, But Also Hard to Find,” Alfie Kohn (2008)

John Dewey’s Theories of Education, W. F. Warde (1960)

Experience and Education, John Dewey

Key Issue: Parental Public School Choice

“Fixing the Milwaukee Public Schools: The Limits of Parent-Driven Reform,” David Dodenhoff (2007)

Topic 2: Educational Philosophies

Topic 2: Educational Philosophies

Overview (Oregon State University)

Theories of learning (OSU)

Learning Theories

Educational philosophies (chart)

Philosophy and Education Continuum

Recommended: “Michel Foucault on education: a preliminary theoretical overview, “Roger Deacon (2006)

“Foucault and Education Reform,” D. M. Cheshier

Michel Foucault. Discipline & Punish (1975), Panopticism

Topic 1: The Teaching Profession

Topic 1: The Teaching Profession

History of teacher education

Diane Ravitch, Ph.D.—A Brief History of Teacher Professionalism

Only a Teacher: Teaching Timeline (PBS)

Merit pay, VAM evaluation: Resources

VAM evaluation of teachers, Bruce Baker

Recommended: Getting Teacher Evaluation Right: A Background Paper for Policy Makers

“Of Rocks and Hard Places—The Challenge of Maxine Greene’s Mystification in Teacher Education,” P. L. Thomas

Is teaching a profession?

“Is Teaching a Profession?” G.M. Inlow (1956)

“Making Teaching a Profession,” J. Epstein (2010), Inside Higher Ed

What Teacher Tenure Is — And What It’s Not, neatoday

“Is teacher tenure a myth?,” V. Strauss, The Answer Sheet, The Washington Post

Teachers’ Unions: An Overview

NCTQ, Bruce Baker

The role of aspirations, attitudes and behaviour in closing the educational attainment gap | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

The role of aspirations, attitudes and behaviour in closing the educational attainment gap | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Politics and Education Don't Mix - P.L. Thomas - National - The Atlantic

Politics and Education Don't Mix - P.L. Thomas - National - The Atlantic

Jack Hassard: Creationism Creeps Into Louisiana and Tennessee Science Classrooms - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Jack Hassard: Creationism Creeps Into Louisiana and Tennessee Science Classrooms - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Podcasts for Leaderful Schools

Podcasts for Leaderful Schools

Volume 5 Episode12: Dr. Paul Thomas: Educating the "Others"April 19, 2012 9:00 PM

How state anti-evolution laws evolved - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

How state anti-evolution laws evolved - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Tennessee Skewers Teaching of Evolution in Schools — Is Your State Next? | | AlterNet

Tennessee Skewers Teaching of Evolution in Schools — Is Your State Next? | | AlterNet

Flunking the Test | American Journalism Review

Flunking the Test  | American Journalism Review

Testing, Tracking, and Toeing the Line

zinnedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/41testingtracking.pdf

Daily Kos: The Teaching Profession?: Of License, Compulsion, and Autonomy

Daily Kos: The Teaching Profession?: Of License, Compulsion, and Autonomy

Education: What's Next?

• Charter school movement continues and vouchers return.

RESOURCES

Explaining The Consistently Inconsistent Results Of Charter Schools

Matthew DiCarlo

Shifting Talking Points among School Choice Advocates

P. L. Thomas

• Teacher quality under assault—VAM, Teacher for America, NCTQ.

• Accountability, standards, and testing remain, and increase—Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

RESOURCES

Rotten to the (Common) Core
P. L. Thomas

• Race to the Top, Opting Out of NCLB.


• Increased acquisition of technology in education, as well as increased use of technology for test-prep and testing.


CAUTION!: Technology

The Assault on Public Education

The Assault on Public Education

How Do You Know When Teaching Is Good? - Athens, GA Patch

How Do You Know When Teaching Is Good? - Athens, GA Patch