So far as these divisions persist and others are added to them,
each leaves its mark upon the educational system, until the
scheme of education, taken as a whole, is a deposit of various
purposes and procedures
So far as these divisions persist and others are added to them,
each leaves its mark upon the educational system, until the
scheme of education, taken as a whole, is a deposit of various
purposes and procedures. The outcome is that kind of check and
balance of segregated factors and values which has been
described. (See Chapter XVIII.) The present discussion is simply
a formulation, in the terminology of philosophy, of various
antithetical conceptions involved in the theory of knowing.
In the first place, there is the opposition of empirical and
higher rational knowing. The first is connected with everyday
affairs, serves the purposes of the ordinary individual who has
no specialized intellectual
06/20/2007 09:44 AM
Education Industry Agenda Exposed
Below is a review of the Mark Tucker project to privatize education in the name of American economic survival. The review is posted on a new website called Book Smarts, and here is their intro:. BOOK SMARTS offers brief but informed …
06/20/2007 06:32 PM
The Carnival of Education is up
This week’s Carnival of Education revolves around a theme of going back to the beach. The carnival is held at What It’s Like on the Inside. ———- Technorati tags: education, school, student, teacher.
06/20/2007 08:13 AM
FAP559: The Water Show, Higher Education Reauthorization, Mail Bag …
+ Inside Higher Ed: The US Senate education committee fleshed out its bipartisan package of legislation to renew the Higher Education Act Tuesday, calling for $17 billion in new funds for Pell Grant recipients and $18 billion in cuts to …
06/20/2007 11:14 AM
Science Education
The European Commission recently released Science Education NOW (.pdf) seeking to counter declining interest in science and math. A bit of a renaissance in science education is occurring - see UBC’s recent announcement. …
06/20/2007 09:41 AM
LTGR Ep. #26 - The Future of Education
Susan and Dan review the Future of Education online conference, June 4-8, organized by George Siemens and hosted by the University of Manitobas Learning Technologies Centre. The conference site and information can be found here. …
06/20/2007 05:46 PM
Study Finds Wyoming Focused Funding Increase on Teacher Pay
Wyoming legislators have nearly doubled the amount of aid for education in recent years.