Workshop 3

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Teachers College • Columbia University Class Meetings, Thursdays, 3:00-4:40 A&HH6577-A&HH6578 Navigator Course overview Participant pages Justice bibliography Social software Wiki Work Workshop 1 9/7/2006 Workshop 2 9/14/2006 Workshop 3 9/21/2006 Workshop 4 9/28/2006 Workshop 5 10/5/2006 Workshop 6 10/12/2006 Workshop 7 10/19/2006 Workshop 8 10/26/2006 Workshop 9 11/2/2006 Workshop 10 11/9/2006 Workshop 11 11/16/2006 Workshop 12 11/30/2006 Workshop 13 12/7/2006 Workshop 14 12/14/2006 Workshop 15 12/21/2006

[edit] Public Problems with Justice that are significant for educators

• deciding what is worth teaching and what is not (curriculum)
• access to education (particularly higher)
• weight of prestige/power (real or perceived) attached to certain institutions
• the role of teachers/school in society
• differences in quality of teachers/institutions/allocation of resources
• alternative forms of education
• education in the jails/prisons
• factors outside of the school that effect learning
• role of schools/educators in developing an individual's (student's) sense of justice

MMannix 09:50, 21 September 2006 (EDT)

[edit] Issues within Justice that I find Interesting

I clicked on the grokker website and typed in justice and when you clicked on a sub topic of justice books appeared on the right hand side of the page. So I clicked on justice in America and the book "Readings for Diversity and Social Justice: An Anthology on Racism, Sexism, Anti-Semitism, Heterosexism, Classism, and Ableism" came up which caught my eye. It sounds very comprehensive yet it covers much of the issues I think about when I think about justice or more so injustice or the lack thereof. As an educator, I think about how these different "ism’s" are amplified or practiced in classrooms, in the culture of schools and the entire educational system in America. I also clicked on theories of justice, given the two philosophy classes I took this summer and to the right was a link to "basic needs" and "social contract" in which I am also interested. In my current philosophy class I just purchased a Nel Noddings book, so as I do that reading, I am sure that my thoughts and interest in justice and education will develop more thoroughly. However, I was reading the discussion posted above mine and those topics are also very interesting to me especially "access to education" and "alternative forms of education." In conclusion I think I would be pleased pretty much in whatever direction the class goes because it is all very interesting and interconnected.

As for what educates and how do we promote learning: I personally feel that the purpose of education is to know thy self and cultivate your unique contribution to the good of the world. Concretely I see that in terms of ethnic and international education especially in terms of curriculum and experience (such as study abroad) I also agree with the author of the longer discussion that education is about experience and that it has to occur more so outside of the classroom than inside which of course poses a problem in terms of knowing if we have prompted learning. But I also think that education has to do with justice and other virtues because the "truly" educated person would exhibit such characteristics not just pass a certain test. Which goes into character education which is a slippery slope because then the questions arise such as "whose character" "what type of character" and "Is it relevant to all?"

Sms2157 1:35pm Sept. 21