Postmodernism To Essentialism Flashcards
(27 cards)
Existentialism in postmodernism
Knowledge
Pragmatism (postmodernism)
Knowledge is provisional
social problems.
What is the education “sin” of postmodernism
The passing on of stored knowledge.
What does the curriculum of postmodernism look like?
It turns away from hard and fast subject matter categories
Teachers in a post modernism school
They are thinkers not relying on curriculum
Progressivism
- A part of a larger social and political movement in America in the late 19th and early 20th century’s
- reaction to massive urbanization
According to Dr. night how is postmodernism helpful?
It helps make contributions in education
what kind of movement was progressivism?
It began as a social movement turned into a political movement
What is the main goal of progressivism?
Improve working and living conditions for everyone
What was the educational philosophy of progressivism?
Reaction against traditional education which was stressed and on formal methods of instruction mental learning and the classics
Who parentheses were the main proponents of progressivism?
John Dewey, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Sigmund Freud
What did Sigmund Freud do for progressive education?
He created a more open learning environment, more student self expression
How did the progressive educational reform lose its original bass in the 1950s?
Many schools did adapt some ideas, but it did not catch on nationally.
What was the main belief of progressivism education?
Focusing on the whole child pupils are active not passive, active learning experimentation
What is the school’s role in progressive education?
Schools should be a microorganism of society, school is a democracy. Schools should be tools, not the authority.
What are the three types of humanism?
Renaissance secular, religious
Humanism: Renaissance
Cultures him and educational reform
Humanism: secular
Humana reasoning; altruistic mortality, no supernatural beliefs or God
Humanism: religious
Integration of ethical philosophies with religious rituals
What principles did humanism adapted from progressivism?
Child centered this, not authoritarian role of teacher, involve the pupil, democracy
What aspects of exit stencil is him did humanism adopt come?
Uniqueness of each child, personal meaning in human existence
The humanistic/existential psychology focuses on what?
students becoming humanized or self actualization, helping students discover his or her real self.
When and what did the romantic critics arise and focus on in humanism?
1960s focus on human growth rather then order and punishment in schools, Herbert kola and Jonathan Kozol.
According to Dr. night what did the humanists try to move beyond?
The jail mentality of most schools, provide a learning environment that would lead to individual growth.
