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Aug 08, 2006 08:57

In an assignemnt for Philosophy for Education, my group is looking at the statement "I believe that primary education should prepare students for taking action to create a better, more sustainable future for our world." As tempting as it is to start exploring the almost rudementary subjectivity of what is means to "prepare students for taking ( Read more... )

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Ben says... anonymous August 8 2006, 09:03:12 UTC

I like blatantly disagreeing with essay questions like that. So much more fun than blindly agreeing with them to get the marks. You could argue that, as primary educators, surely it is your mission to be critical thinkers who will be able to meet the Planet (unusual capitalisation of the 'p') with skills which enables them to be discerning?

Re: Ben says... weirded_out August 8 2006, 09:07:58 UTC

ah, i like your style! however problems ensue in convincing other group members accordingly... maybe i could put a little disclaimer at the end or something?

anonymous August 8 2006, 23:18:49 UTC

Ah, Philosophy of Ed... have fun with that! That group assignment sucked. Haha.
Are you doing Social & Enviro Ed this semester as well? Yes, you are... that's right, it's on your timetable duh. Who do you have for Philosophy? Kitty te Riele?

Rach
http://racharvey.blogspot.com

Haoran says... anonymous August 11 2006, 04:49:13 UTC

But what would you prefer of the non-Christian world (assuming that, as is statistically true, 90-95% of your proteges will not be Christian):

A) that they make some "heart-felt attempt" (albeit in vain) to fulfil the role God intends for them

or

B) that they blithely ignore it and make zero attempt to fulfil their God-intended role?

As in: Australia and Sierra Leone are both countries where non-Christians proliferate, and yet much more evil is perpetrated in Sierra Leone. Australia is the way it is, partly due to Christians enacting social reform.

Re: Haoran says... weirded_out August 11 2006, 07:06:40 UTC

A huge part of me wants to answer that in an incredibly callous way: This world is full of sin, and will pass away, so what will it matter? and God is in control anyway, a higher power than any of these evil non-sustainable/peace-keeping sources. Plus my teaching philosophy is not that of a radical (Zinn)/liberation an emancipation (Fernsternacher and Soltis). I do not see our education systems as a means to change society. I'm more of a humanist/behaviourist (Zinn). So theoretically i can cop out of answering and/or thinking about the whole situation by sticking with the textbook, which i gerenally do anyway! much like the whol dinosaurs/evolution debarcle :o)