EDU 201 Second Half Questions and Correct
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The Paideia Proposal
Adler
Universal schooling and suffrage have both come about. Should not have one without the other.
Suffrage alone: Mobocracy
His idea was first discovered by Dewey: everyone should be subject to the same education
Halfway mark: providing 12 years of schooling for all children.
Quality vs quantity. NOT democratic.
Adler's belief about class
"We are a politically CLASSLESS society."
We should be an educationally classless society
On-track system of schooling
Same quality of schooling for all
“Not all of the population is educated.”
Society says: "Only some can be trained for citizenship and self-governing. Others are trained for
less quality jobs."
Cannot say we are for democracy while we go on to say that some children cannot be educated.
Dewey agreed: vocational training is not education for free men and women.
Children should not be blamed for not getting
the best education. There are NO UNTEACHABLE children.
,Same course of study for all (Curriculum)
Liberal and general
No electives that some children may not have access to. Only electives in higher education.
Only exception: choice of a second language.
3 Ways the mind can be improved (Adler)
1. The acquisition of organized knowledge
2. The development of intellectual skills
3. The enlargement of understanding, insight, and aesthetic appreciation
3 objectives (Adler)
1. Learning
2. Citizenry
3. Work
The acquisition of organized knowledge
textbooks, lectures, instruction
language, literature, fine arts, math, science, history, etc. (subjects)
The development of intellectual skills
coaching exercises and organized practice
reading, writing, listening, calculating, estimating (skills)
The enlargement of understanding, insight, and aesthetic appreciation
, socratic questioning and active participation
discussion of books, music drama, etc. (more arts)
Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work
Jean Anyon
working-class, middle-class, affluent-professional, and executive elite schools.
Working-class schools
Schools 1 and 2
Parents have blue-collar jobs. Lots have unskilled or semi-skilled jobs.
Large majority of the families are white
Occupations: stockroom workers, pipe welders, boilermakers, assembly line operatives, gas
station attendants, auto mechanics, security guards. Some women are sales clerks.
Incomes below $12,000
Middle-class schools
School 3
Population is a mixture of several social classes
Small group of blue-collar “rich.” Skilled and wellpaid. EX: Printers, construction workers,
plumbers.
Working and middle class white-collar workers. EX. Office jobs, technicians, supervisors,
firemen, policemen, teachers.
Answers
The Paideia Proposal
Adler
Universal schooling and suffrage have both come about. Should not have one without the other.
Suffrage alone: Mobocracy
His idea was first discovered by Dewey: everyone should be subject to the same education
Halfway mark: providing 12 years of schooling for all children.
Quality vs quantity. NOT democratic.
Adler's belief about class
"We are a politically CLASSLESS society."
We should be an educationally classless society
On-track system of schooling
Same quality of schooling for all
“Not all of the population is educated.”
Society says: "Only some can be trained for citizenship and self-governing. Others are trained for
less quality jobs."
Cannot say we are for democracy while we go on to say that some children cannot be educated.
Dewey agreed: vocational training is not education for free men and women.
Children should not be blamed for not getting
the best education. There are NO UNTEACHABLE children.
,Same course of study for all (Curriculum)
Liberal and general
No electives that some children may not have access to. Only electives in higher education.
Only exception: choice of a second language.
3 Ways the mind can be improved (Adler)
1. The acquisition of organized knowledge
2. The development of intellectual skills
3. The enlargement of understanding, insight, and aesthetic appreciation
3 objectives (Adler)
1. Learning
2. Citizenry
3. Work
The acquisition of organized knowledge
textbooks, lectures, instruction
language, literature, fine arts, math, science, history, etc. (subjects)
The development of intellectual skills
coaching exercises and organized practice
reading, writing, listening, calculating, estimating (skills)
The enlargement of understanding, insight, and aesthetic appreciation
, socratic questioning and active participation
discussion of books, music drama, etc. (more arts)
Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work
Jean Anyon
working-class, middle-class, affluent-professional, and executive elite schools.
Working-class schools
Schools 1 and 2
Parents have blue-collar jobs. Lots have unskilled or semi-skilled jobs.
Large majority of the families are white
Occupations: stockroom workers, pipe welders, boilermakers, assembly line operatives, gas
station attendants, auto mechanics, security guards. Some women are sales clerks.
Incomes below $12,000
Middle-class schools
School 3
Population is a mixture of several social classes
Small group of blue-collar “rich.” Skilled and wellpaid. EX: Printers, construction workers,
plumbers.
Working and middle class white-collar workers. EX. Office jobs, technicians, supervisors,
firemen, policemen, teachers.
