[MD] What "moral revolution" is called for by the MOQ?

Arlo Bensinger ajb102 at psu.edu
Wed Mar 21 08:32:53 PDT 2007


[Khaled]
Yes the education system needs reforming, but I don't want to see 
little "Madrasas" all over the country.

[Arlo]
The trouble in "public education" is not in the "public". It is 
rooted in the value of "why educate?" What are our goals, purposes, 
strategies? What's important? What isn't? Do we cut arts programs in 
favor of sports? In favor of business courses? Is "literacy" 
important? "Cultural literacy"? Why? For what ends? What is the role 
of factual knowledge versus critical thinking? How do we assess? What 
do we assess? Are our assessments really giving us skills or 
test-taking ability? Why should students "want" to learn? How do we 
foster that "want"?

These are the questions that point to where education has faltered. 
It is not because it is "public", but because of the answers we have 
given to the above questions.

Maybe its time to rethink the Bafuesserkirche thread and get back to 
Dewey and Pirsig on that topic.




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