Week Six: Bildung Only Sounds Naughty
This week explores how the Enlightenment influences education in Germany and consequently in America. The Enlightenment's fundamental principles, that knowledge is cummulative, liberating, and contributes to the betterment of mankind, continues to be an influential factor in considerations of contemporary education.
- Monday
- Discuss Project 1, Part D write-up & submission
- Implications of German University: Burke's "parlor" and the conversation of mankind
- Homework:
- Complete Project One, Part D for Wednesday
- Wednesday
- Post Project One, Part D to Drupal
- Freewrite, take 2: "Why are you here?" (who are you conversing with)
- ZeFrank on College
- Homework:
- Read: Coursepack for tomorrow--Whitehead & McDowell
- Forum Topic 12:
- After reading Whitehead, would you change your freewrite response in any way? In addition to other possibilities, this post could be a revision of your "why are you here" incorporating / responding specifically to this set of readings
- Thursday
- Invention: social construction of "university" meanings, perceptions, etc.
- Homework:
- Read: Coursepack, for Monday--Freire, Gatto, Postman, Gotstein
- Forum Topic 13: Problems with School
- Your response should either focus on one author or compare and constrast two of this weekend's readings
- Conferences
- Format:
- Tuesday, teams of two--10 minutes
- Friday, teams of five, 25 minutes
- Goal:
- Tuesday, review Project One, Part D essay
- Friday, discuss readings & posts
- Preparation:
- Tuesday, bring two copies of Project One, Part D essay
- Friday, be prepared to make intelligent comments on the reading
- Format: