| Monday, September 17, 2007 |
| social experiences |
The book reading assignment for the first class was on "should schooling be based on social experiences". the yes is argued by Dewey and the no is argued by Hutchins. in my opinion this all comes down to whats more important, book smarts or street smarts. if we are basing learning on social experiences then we are saying that we need more adaptive teaching methods, ever changing and evolving. if you argue no, then you are saying that education should be book based rote learning. so what is more important, events that happened hundreds of years ago, or the conflicts that occur every day in our lives. should school be based on society or on books written by select, intelligent few.
My personal opinion is that learning should be changing. teachers that are "fossils" or just old style teachers dont captivate classes anymore. memorization and repetition dont always get the job done. we need an interactive changing education process which would be decided on social experiences of both the teacher and the students. i think that dewey has the better side of the argument but i also see where hutchins is going. if we adapt to much and change based on experiences, there will be no standardization. while i personally dont like standardized tests, i believe that some things have to be standard to insure the quality of the larger scale education. so i guess i propose a slight mix of the two ideas, but leaning towards the dewey side |
| posted by Andy @ 8:03 AM |
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“Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.” - Immanuel Kant
I think this quote really sums up the importance of experience in education. Great schooling needs to be based on both theory and experience. I enjoyed reading Dewey's argument and feel he really examined the situation from all sides.
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“Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.” - Immanuel Kant
I think this quote really sums up the importance of experience in education. Great schooling needs to be based on both theory and experience. I enjoyed reading Dewey's argument and feel he really examined the situation from all sides.