The commonsense that I was exposed to during my years in school did change over time. When I started pre-school, I was always told that teachers are in charge we weren’t allowed to speak unless we were spoken to, I began to notice a difference between the old-school teacher’s attitudes and the new, young teachers who were coming in. The older teachers had us sit in rows, we had lots of homework and we weren’t allowed to talk to our…
In the criteria for Assignment 1 there were many great examples of scholars who could be looked at or we have the option to find a topic. I work closely with people of all ages experiencing disability, so I was inclined to look into that area more. I wanted to be challenged and learn about things which are new to me, I thought that the topic of urban education would be something worth looking into. I had never heard the…
As I read through the document some quotes taken from Tyler were concerning, “Since the real purpose of education is not to have the instructor perform certain activities but to bring about significant changes in the students’ pattern of behaviour, it becomes important to recognize that any statements of objectives of the school should be a statement of changes to take place in the students.” (Tyler 1949: 44), it was that part about changing the student which made me want…
How does Kumashiro define ‘commonsense?’ Why is it so important to pay attention to the ‘commonsense’? What commonsense understandings of curriculum and pedagogy do you bring with you into this course? Kumashiro defines common sense as ideologies which a society or a culture deems as acceptable or common-place. I think that I have many understandings of common sense when it comes to curriculum. It is my understanding that curriculum is made by the government with input from the people, it…