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From Reflective Practice to Practical Wisdom: Towards a Post-Foundational Teacher Education

education as a post-foundational and moral-political philosophy ... been the sustaining influence of stories about classroom experiences, and how those experiences were shaped by cultural, moral-political, and ideological circumstances of school culture and by the

Social Reconstructionist Philosophy of Education and George S. Counts - observations on the ideology of indoctrination in socio-critical educational thinking

This article comprises three parts: The author first outlines the principles of the social reconstructionist philosophy of education related to educational activity and social philosophy. After this ... reconstructionist philosophy of education lie in the critique of the child-centred education of progressive education. The American society drifted into a political and financial crisis at the end of the 1920's due

Moral Problems as Issues-Centered Social Studies Education: Discovering Dewey as a Guiding Foundation

By considering ethics and morals from a vantage point in which personal and political beliefs become part of our national debate, students could form the habit of political discussion in much the ... ? Boisvert (1998) offers the idea that ?The citizens can tend toward the ?mass? or they can tend toward the ?public.? Dewey?s political philosophy seeks to articulate the conditions appropriate for encouraging

Comprehending Elementary School Teachers’ Classroom Management Approaches

statistically significant difference found between teachers’ control approach and their age, gender, experience, marital status and subject area. If teachers are aware of the philosophy underlying their level of

Impact of Religion on Turkish Early Childhood Teachers’ Factuality Judgments and Their Classroom Practice

-service education on the nature of science, epistemology, the philosophy of science, the historical development of science, and scientific thinking, through which teachers can acquire scientific attitudes ... involvement, educational philosophy The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of religion on Turkish early childhood teachers' factuality judgments and reasoning. Participants responded following

Reasons of Teachers for Applying for Graduate Programs and Their Expectations from Programs

management, research methods, and history or philosophy ... philosophy. Graduate Programs for Teacher; Teacher Expectations; Professional Development Introduction The continuity of teachers? professional and personal development is important to meet the needs of

José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta (1966–2020)

passion for science, energetic personality and collaborative philosophy, which he incorporated into a unique way of doing research. Over the course of his career, he published 117 scientific articles with

Progressive Museum Education: Examples from the 1960s 1

The combination of pedagogy and political aims, a constant theme in the progressive school education literature, is reflected as well in the history of museum education. Museum educators, following ... educational resource for the public. David Ward (2004 , p. xx), in his excellent biography of Peale, calls him ?America?s educator.? The intellectual and political leaders of the new United States were clear

An Analysis of Social Studies Textbooks in Turkey: From National Citizenship to Global Citizenship

inadequately deal with global information so as to create global sensitivity. The Social Studies textbooks do not adequately discuss economic, social, political systems, cultural differences and problems in both ... policies while they offer limited content and activities for students to improve their competences for political literacy, participation, critical thinking, respect for diversity and conflict resolution

Coming to care about teaching for social justice: The Putney Graduate School of Teacher Education

learning and had as its underlying tenet a commitment to ―change the world.‖ These goals created a tension between the value of student independence and the program‘s political values and commitments ... conclude with a brief discussion and implications for progressive teacher education today. Morris Mitchell Morris Mitchell?s philosophy of education and his ideas for its implementation were shaped by his

Progressive Education in Georgia: Tradition or Reality?

Despite differences among progressive educators, they share the conviction that democracy means active participation by all citizens in the social, political, and economic decisions of their ... , political, and economic decisions of their countries. The aim of this paper is to explore how Georgia is meeting goals and perspectives of progressive education by widely implementing civic education programs

Implications of Community Activism among Urban Minority Young People for Education for Engaged and Critical Citizenship

Rican community and build a grassroots democracy practice, the young activists involved themselves in a variety of community issues, ranging across political, socio-cultural, and educational domains ... which cannot be encapsulated by universal rules, and on specific cases (p. 57). Being or becoming a citizen thus entails moral and political questions and practice contingent on the particular context in

The University as a Public Good: Active citizenship and university community engagement

Education for active citizenship has been a key development in social policy over the past two decades, leading to a number of initiatives that have sought to strengthen political, social and moral ... comparatively little focus on the role of universities in addressing locally based civic, social and political challenges. Drawing on literature and a case-study of an innovative university community engagement

Progressive Education as Continuing Education for the Developmentally Disabled

disabled, his philosophy, and that of Mahatma Gandhi‘s, lend themselves to the further education of this unique segment of society. In this paper, I will be looking at developmentally disabled adults ... progressive education is prevalent in one of the most underserved portions of the population: the adult developmentally disabled. Though John Dewey wrote little on the education of the disabled, his philosophy

Progressive Education as Continuing Education for the Developmentally Disabled

disabled, his philosophy, and that of Mahatma Gandhi‘s, lend themselves to the further education of this unique segment of society. In this paper, I will be looking at developmentally disabled adults ... progressive education is prevalent in one of the most underserved portions of the population: the adult developmentally disabled. Though John Dewey wrote little on the education of the disabled, his philosophy

Looking Back to Look Forward: Understanding the Present By Revisiting The Past: An Australian Perspective

Cambourne and Turbill trace the growth, change and finally marginalisation of progressive approaches to literacy education by examining whole language philosophy in Australia from the 1960s to the ... inform our ability to deal with and respond to the rapid socio-political changes that will continue to impact on all aspects of education, but especially literacy education. Looking Back We will call our

Can Progressive Education Be Translated into a Progressive Idea?: Dewey’s Report on Turkish

“progressive” as a philosophy of education, and the implications Dewey’s report created in teacher education along with non-progressive practices in the field of education in Turkey ... Dewey translated by Turkish scholars. The analyses will include the philosophy of education in Turkey in the early Republican era and of today to compare the administrative perspectives both then at

The Third Way: A Call for Breaking the Dependency on the Mainstream English Language Teaching

The worldwide spread of English, especially through the tenets and assumptions of the mainstream English language teaching (ELT) has had ideological, socio-cultural and political implications in the ... Contact, examining the structural similarities and differences amongst the new varieties of English that are stabilizing or have stabilized; - as a topic in Political and Ideological Studies ? 'linguistic

Genome-edited crops for improved food security of smallholder farmers

to date. Many countries are still uncertain about whether to grow and how to regulate genome-edited crop varieties12. Scientific, political and social considerations impact these decisions, which are

The Future of Whole Language

Whole language is a dynamic and generative philosophy of education that started as a grass roots teacher movement. Throughout its history it has been lauded worldwide as well as being attacked. This ... philosophy that is student centered and meaning focused. As Ken Goodman, one of the founders of whole language suggests, “whole language has had a profound influence on how curriculum, materials, methodology