life and society reform and how they are informed by curriculum studies. In particular the postmodern school is a place where relations between people are viewed primarily in cooperative terms and not in coercive business terms. Moreover, postmodern curriculum research confronts the structures of modernity that are considered to be the composition and ideology of school boards. One point that I like is related to research on the postmodern curriculum. It is important to encourage other elements of schooling
Why The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Should Stay in Schools "We could ignore the book, but then we're ignoring history.” (Roberts). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a highly beneficial novel which needs to be included in high school curriculum because it is not harmful to students, it is highly praised and defended by experts of various races, and it encourages classroom discussion about sensitive, frank topics. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn causes no harm to students. This novel was
majority of them are referred to as “Zainichi-kankaku” or simply “Zainichi,” meaning foreign national residing in Japan. Being forced to live in Japan when Korea was under the Japanese colonial rule, there are large communities of Zainichi spread all over Japan today. However, due to a long and problematic history between Japan and Korea, there is much prejudice and discrimination towards Korean residents in everyday Japanese society. They are kept from completely integrating into Japanese society because
Over the centuries entire school systems have been developed with their own educational philosophies. COMPETITION The roots of education lie hidden in an unknown past. Those of competition are even less traceable. Children spontaneously seek competition
America. Somehow there is more to the story of the explorer we celebrate with a federal holiday on the second Monday of every October. As most historians have continued to learn and write more about the real life of Christopher Columbus, controversy has come over the validity of honoring the explorer as a hero. In Zinn’s Marxist explanation of the New World begins with none other than Christopher Columbus, who like other settlers in the New World, were motivated by a bad intention. “Behind the English
expected from the parents, students, and teachers—like the creative abilities of the students and the ability to develop critical thinking. The part of the curriculum that addresses higher levels of cognitive ability, knowledge application, and skills is missing from the test (Ravitch3). Standardized tests are generally narrowing the curriculum. Schools and students are judged based on their performance on mathematics and reading tests. This has prompted most of the schools to focus attention on the
and students are given more opportunities to become successful in class with one on one opportunities with their teacher. “Charter schools are public schools that operate to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum, and resources….” (Gallagher) . In the above quote, Maggie Gallagher, an author gives praise to charter schools and list examples of how they are great institutions. Charter schools are growing quickly in America and are constantly compared
The psychologist and Israeli educator, Feuerstein (1998) developed the theory of the Modifiable Intelligence, which is intended to stress the importance of the teacher taking the student to unique and high quality experiences in order to obtain optimal results when the student is evaluated within the classroom environment. His theory is focused in the interaction between the teacher and student and calls it the Mediated Learning Experience (Feuerstein, 1998). The neuropsychologist Marian Diamond
understand how this knowledge is constructed. The conceptual framework, principles and factors that surround the learning process are key elements that need to be taken into account in the process of knowledge growth. Various theories have been developed over the years, which are essential to the understanding of how individuals ‘acquire, retain and recall knowledge’ (The Peakperformacecencenter.com,
Asheville School District, parents of students argued that the novel was inappropriate for use in a high school honors class (“Banned Book Week”). Based on these accusations and certain reviews of The Kite Runner, the novel was removed from the curriculum in all three of the North Carolina school