EDTHP 1153/3/03

• Paper due this Friday

• Exam #2 moved from April 7 to April 4• Exam #3 moved from April 30 to May 2

• No Final• Mindy Kornhaber will come in on April 7

• This Wednesday, March 5—Dean David Monk, College of Education– Read Chapter 8 on Ed. Finance in O/L

Disney, Giroux, and Democracy

• Definition of Education

• Lawrence Cremin: “the deliberate systematic, and sustained effort to transmit or evoke knowledge, attitudes, values, skills, and sensibilities.”

• So, what other types of educational agents in society?

(con’t.)

• Connections– Democracy, Policies, Philosophies…

• Policies: Public Policy vs. Corporate Policy

• Definition of Democracy?Public Sphere, Individualism?

Philosophies

• Idealism

• Realism

• Pragmatism

• Existentialism

Philosophies

• Idealism—the belief that, since the physical world is constantly changing, ideas are the only reliable form of reality

• Realism—the features of the universe exist whether or not a human being is there to perceive them

Philosophies, con’t.

• Pragmatism—shares some ideas with realism, but less rigid. It rejects the idea of absolute, unchanging truth. Instead, truth is what works, hence the term: pragmatism

• Existentialism—a philosophical view suggesting that humanity is not part of an orderly universe; rather, individuals create their own existence in their own unique way.

Developing Your Own Philosophy

of Education• Which philosophies or theories are most similar

to my own beliefs?• Which element of each philosophy or theory

appeals to me the most? • Which element of each is least appealing?• Am I comfortable with the instructional ideas

suggested by a philosophy or theory?

Theories of Education

• Progressivism

• Scientific Management

• Social Reconstructionism

• Existentialism

• Perennialism

• Essentialism