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EDTHP 115 3/3/03

• 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

• f 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