“One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child” – Maria Montessori What does this quote make possible? It allows for the focus of education to be put on the happiness and experience of the child. Instead of an education that focuses on the input of facts into the child’s
Month: January 2019
Week 2 – ECS 210 Blog Post
I have experienced the Tyler rationale in my own learning in elementary school. I was in the top of the class and I have most subjects to be fairly easy. However, because of this I noticed that a lot of time at school I was told to just read a book or visit with a
Week 1 – ECS 210 Blog Post
Kumashiro explains that “common sense often makes it easy to continue teaching and learning in ways that allow the oppression already in play to continue to play out unchallenged in our schools and society” (XXXVI). Kumashiro is describing how common sense works to perpetuate old ideas and ways of teaching and learning that is rooted