“Good Student”
Looking at commonsense more as a whole this week I looked at how commonsense has a factor in our society of what is considered to be a good student. In Kumashiro’s article “Preparing Teachers For Crisis: A Sample Lesson, What It Means To Be A Student” she begins the article talking about a situation that…
Art-Based Education
Arts-based education is often forgotten about in the curriculum. In many different schools around the world art is pushed aside or forgotten for the stereotype of one can not have a “real career” or one will go nowhere in life with art. This is why subjects that are seen as “more important” as math or…
Response to The Tyler Rationale
Growing up as a child I have always been more creative. With my schooling I always excelled with the subjects where I had more freedom to be creative, such as English or art. Subjects that there was no right or wrong answer as long as you had some sort of idea to support your theory.…
Blog Post #1
In the Kumashiro reading “The Problem Of Common Sense”, Kumashiro defines common sense as “what everyone knows” (Kumashiro, p.XXIX). Kumashiro making this statement is very bold. By stating that commonsense is something that everyone knows would mean that everyone around the world would have to be raised with the same culture, beliefs, experiences, surroundings, interests,…