tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post822830953190119419..comments2023-10-25T09:45:40.318-04:00Comments on The Politics of the Cross Resurrected: "Edu-babble" and the Culture of DeathCraig Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-84687876110185040602010-12-30T17:36:59.149-05:002010-12-30T17:36:59.149-05:00Craig,
I read Zwaagstra's book. A brief look ...Craig,<br /><br />I read Zwaagstra's book. A brief look at a few of its chapter headings gives a sense of its substance:<br /> 1. Subject matter matters<br /> 2. Tests are good for students<br /> 3. Students need discipline.<br /> 4. Classrooms should be teacher-centred.<br /> 5. Direct instruction is good teaching.<br /> 6. Grades should reflect achievement<br /> 7. A pass should be earned.<br /><br />None of these are in the least objectionable, of course. What is surprising then is the need to assert them at all. It gives a sense of the problem in the educational field he and his co-authors are addressing.<br /><br />By the way, I spoke on this subject, and traced the longstanding effect of Romantic educational ideas in Canada at a recent conference:<br /><br />http://www.ezrainstitute.ca/audio/the-family-and-classical-educationS Massonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13001187398361500469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-91053357574047395522010-12-30T11:27:12.837-05:002010-12-30T11:27:12.837-05:00If the underlying epistemology is relativist and c...If the underlying epistemology is relativist and constructivist, then there's no wonder that this educational philosophy is anti-knowledge.<br /><br />A helpful new book critiquing this sort of 'foundation' for *Christian* education has just come out in the 'Christian Worldview Integration Series' (IVP). It's by Paul D. Spears and Steven R. Loomis, and is called <i>Education for Human Flourishing: A Christian Perspective</i>. See especially chapter 3, 'Who Knows? Education and Epistemology'.<br /><br />Just as an aside: Paul Spears (Ph.D., Claremont) is a philosopher of education within the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University.R Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14515996187018482495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-5063380791136041292010-12-27T21:24:59.952-05:002010-12-27T21:24:59.952-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Gulen is a Fraudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974327239468066023noreply@blogger.com