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Chapter 5

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Short Essay / Discussion Questions

  1. The basis of the Progressive Tradition in education is its focus on the child. What are some strengths you feel the Progressive Tradition offers? What are some drawbacks to this teaching tradition?
  2. The Conservative Tradition emphasizes knowledge and skill acquisition. What are some points in the Conservative Tradition with which you agree? How might a focus on content and skill acquisition help teachers and schools maintain a fair and equitable education for all their students?
  3. The Social Justice Tradition seeks to level the playing field and make schools equal places where all students can succeed. Why haven’t schools been able to attain the goals of the Social Justice Tradition? What are some similarities and differences you find this tradition has with Progressive and Conservative views?
  4. The Spiritual-Contemplative Tradition seeks to teach through a series of “aha” moments, where students draw on something deep and personal in their lessons. How can a teacher maintain an ongoing string of these experiences? Did you ever have a teacher like this? Do you think an education drenched in so much emotion would be motivating or mentally exhausting for your students?
  5. Take a position or “resolve” the issues in one of the case studies in Chapter 5 from the perspective of each tradition.

Video Case Studies

Before viewing the following video, be as honest as possible and orally ask yourself and answer these questions:

Question

What is the Common Core? How do you feel about the new Common Core? What educational teaching tradition do you feel the Common Core falls under?

Video

In the video below, you can clearly hear Christopher Tienken speak about different types of educational traditions and the Common Core.

Christopher Tienken—Professor at Seton Hall, NJ—http://vimeo.com/58461595

Resource

http://conservativeteachersofamerica.com/ (full article and more videos on this subject)

Questions

  1. What educational traditions were you able to identify when Tienken was speaking?
  2. What type of educator do you feel Christopher Tienken is? What makes you think that way?
  3. After viewing the video, did your opinion change or did you begin to reframe the Common Core and what it means? Did you have a different perspective?