Doctrine/Principles/Tools
Agency
Independence Tool: We must decide if a subject is worth out time to pursue. (James, does it really matter? How will the outcome of a problem improve our lives? If there is no improvement, is it really worth our time to pursue the subject?) Tool: Allow the student to make their own choices. Choice and accountability (Greene, What choices do we see in life, if we are "wide-awake" do we see that we have more choices than we do if we are half awake?) Tool: Allow them to fail Tool: Mistakes help students to grow Divine Worth It's about them Tool: Students should be allowed to act (Freire, Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry men pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other.) Tool: I can explain it to you, but I cannot understand it for you. (Aquinas, Article 6: Whether Sacred Doctrine is Wisdom, "Prov. 10:23 'a man of understanding has wisdom.") All students are entitled to an education (Mann, Universal education is the great equalizer of men) Tool: There needs to be a source of funding for schools. (Johnson, "Now this is a large expenditure, but it is a small price to pay for preserving this Nation, for saving our free enterprise system, and for developing our country's most priceless resource, our young people.) Tool: All people have inherent worth (Comenius, School of Infancy, "as God's offspring, they claim our most profound respect.) Tool:Treat all abilities with respect. (Public Law 94-142 People with disabilities are deserving of an education that is tailored to their needs.) Differences do not mean less worth (Antin, She and her family appeared to come from a lowly background but that did not make them any less eager to gain an education.) Tool: Look beyond what they are now, help them see what they can become Tool: Students need to be educated together so they can learn about differences in people without becoming prejudice or feeling superior to another group of people. (Brown v. Board..., Separate is not equal in terms of education.) Progression We must put effort into our schools if we want them to succeed. (Nation at Risk, This article calls the teachers, parents, and government into action on behalf of the school systems.) Tool: Schools need order to succeed. (Ratvitch, When schools bowed to the demands of the students and were not as structured the education of the students suffered. We must do what is best for the student and not cave to their demands of mediocrity.) Tool: Do not force a child to learn that which he is not ready to learn Tool: Build upon knowledge at a natural progression (Pestalozzi, Letter 4, Try to make in every art, graduated steps of knowledge, in which every new idea is only small, almost imperceptible addition to that which has been known before, deeply impressed and not to be forgotten.) Tool: Schools and environments are intertwined and both must be supported to see success. (Anyon, to produce change and reform in schools we must also see change and reform in the society at large.) Difficult starts can produce great results Tool: Never give up on a student Tool: Encourage students to believe in their potential. Preparation Tool: Teachers must be prepared for their profession. (Beecher, believes that teachers must be educated on how to teach.) Tool: Prepare now for the future. (Addams, we need to use our knowledge now, rather than wait until we are done with our preparations.) Tool: Do not plan to prepare we should be continually preparing for new challenges Tool: What is important to teach? (Cardinal Principles, All aspects of life should be taught, not only reading and writing but civic duties and home life.) We cannot only learn truths, we must also learn how to use that truth Tool: Teach them a subject, and how to apply it to life. (Eramus, "They are not to be commended who, in their anxiety to increase their store of truths, neglect the necessary art of expressing them.) Tool: Prove yourself by working to the best of your abilities. (Washington, Washington thought that the southern black should prove himself by being industrious to the best of his abilities, but I believe that all people can learn from this and all people should work to the best of their abilities.) Truth (Plato, "And the soul is like the eye: when resting upon that which truth and being shine, the soul perceives and understands and is radiant with intelligence.") Don't sugarcoat the details Tool: Help them to see the world that extends past their front door. The Truth is the domain of the individual. (Kierkegaard, "From becoming an individual no one, no one at all is excluded [from the truth], except he who excludes himself by becoming a crowd.) Respect Encourage original thought Tool: Let them discover for themselves (Locke, Locke challenges parents to encourage a child's curiosities so that they will continue to love learning.) Tool: Teach them caring and empathy Let them find answers for themselves. (Dewey, He believed that students should learn from simulating real life, students should be allowed to experience and gain knowledge from that experience.) Tool: Don't allow them to become dependent on the teacher (Rousseau, Emile, Rousseau believes that children must be allowed to at their own pace.) A student's differences do not make them superior or inferior to others. (W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folks, "Black boys need education as well as white boys.") Tool:Do not dismiss a student and their abilities based on their differences. It is our duty to educate all people (Jefferson, Jefferson believed that the government had a responsibility to educate its citizens.) Tool: Education is a right afforded to all (Mass Bay, Massachusetts School Law of 1647, This set forth the foundation on which schools are now built. It brought forward the importance of education 129 years before this country was founded.) Believe and practice a professional code of ethics. (NEA, We must hold ourselves to a high standard so that we can educate to our full potential.) Tool: Do not let where you work effect how you teach. There should be the same high standards in public and private schools. (Perry, She illustrates the differences in private and public schools and draws the conclusion that private school teachers care more about their students. We as teachers should never have students who think we don't care about their education.) |