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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 5Dean David Monk, College of


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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

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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?

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(con’t.)

  • Connections

– Democracy, Policies, Philosophies…

  • Policies: Public Policy vs. Corporate Policy
  • Definition of Democracy?

Public Sphere, Individualism?

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Philosophies

  • Idealism
  • Realism
  • Pragmatism
  • Existentialism
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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

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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.

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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?

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Theories of Education

  • Progressivism
  • Scientific Management
  • Social Reconstructionism
  • Existentialism
  • Perennialism
  • Essentialism