The “Good Student” Painter’s reading, “A History of Education,” discusses that the commonsense of being a “good student” is complete human development and to exemplify Christ. According to Painter, the learner must have a “healthy body, a clear and well-informed…
Month: September 2021
Gender and the Curriculum: Supporting Trans Youth in Education
The authors of this article, Jen Gilbert and Julia Sinclair-Palm, highlight the challenges of trans students, the lack of trans representation in the education system, and the ways in which educators can create safe environments for trans students. Trans students…
The Tyler Rationale
I have been a student for over thirteen years and I have seen the Tyler rationale be implemented in all classrooms and evident in the educator’s teaching style. The Tyler rationale emphasizes heavily on the end goals of the class.…
The Problem of Common Sense
Kumashiro defines common sense as the way something is supposed to be or what one would expect. However, that outlook is deeply flawed in the sense that everyone has different ideas of what is “normal” and it may not be…