Edu-wha??

In your own words, 1. What is the purpose of school?2. Do you think it ‘works’?3. How can school be better?

. . . Reflect. . .

Why school is run the way it is Why you take standardized tests (act/psae/

etc)Current problems of the educational system

AchievementFundingGetting the best teachersEtc.

Inequalities in education—why do you receive the best education while others don’t?

Our Road Map

How do you learn best? Gardner’s Multiple

Intelligences—There are 9 different ways

to demonstrate intelligence

First stop--Learning

Intelligence Style Learn with: Possible Careers

Multiple Intelligences. . .

Naturalist

Counselors, politicians, salesperson, business owner

Archeologists, anthropologists, historians

Existential

See things from other’s perspectives, sense feelings, intentions, etc.

Discussions, open questions, meditation

Park Ranger, Biologist, Botanist, Landscape architect

Scientists, engineer, detective

Nature, outdoors, preserve environment, caring for others, etc

Sounds, rhythms and patterns

Reason, logic, numbers, and patterns

Logical/Mathematical

Composer, musician, singer

Musical

Interpersonal

… more intelligencesIntelligence Style Learn with: Possible Careers

Kinesthetic Phy ed teacher, dancer, actor, firefighter, surgeon

Movement, interactions, physical coordination

Intrapersonal Inner feelings, dreams, relationships.

Verbal

Social scientist, philosopher, psychologist

Visual

Hearing, lectures, writing, storytelling, memorization

Pilot, engineer, mechanic, architect

Pictures, maps, charts, puzzles

Poet, journalist, author, public speaker, teacher, lawyer

What do your counselors think is the most important class in high school?

What do your parents thinks is the most important class

What do your think is the most important class?

What’s the Point?

1900s “Factory model”Mass production &

Assembly line

Agrarian SocietySummer harvest

Where did the ‘typical school’ come from?

Influencing Education: the Civil Rights Plessey v Ferguson

“Separate but Equal”Brown v Board of

Education of Topeka (1954)Separation of schools

unconstitutional Civil Rights Act of 1964

Outlawed discrimination based on race and sex

How do these events shape schools in the U.S.?

Influencing Education: Sputnick

October 4th, 1957--Russia

First Earth orbiting satellite

Launched the Space Race

JFK—Travel to the moon by the end of the 60s

How does this event shape schools in the U.S.?

Influencing Education: Reagan and the 80s

A Nation at Risk 1983Schools are FailingSAT Scores dropped

50% (verbal) and 40% (math)

1/5 could write a persuasive essay

1/3 could solve complex math problems

How does this event shape schools in the U.S.?

Influencing Education: 2000sNo Child Left Behind

(2001)Setting High StandardsMeasurable Goals

Standardize EducationAccountabilityTo maintain federal

funding, schools have to meet specified goals

How does this event shape schools in the U.S.?

Why does education need to be standardized?Specialized jobsMost efficient in large sumsAbility to transferDifferent levels of influence“Check points”

Standardization