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Paradoxes & Praxis: The 21st Century Imperative for Educational FoundationsMain MenuContentsParadoxes & Praxis: The 21st Century Imperative for Educational FoundationsCome with us on this journey...Katie Hockema, M.Ed. & Janekka Colbert, M.Ed.Who Should We Read?OverviewReferencesMore...M. Francyne Huckabyb0a028670024a30dbf6459126ac0b17fe5ed9174
Pardoxes & Praxis
1media/Janus_coin.png2016-01-23T17:55:55-08:00M. Francyne Huckabyb0a028670024a30dbf6459126ac0b17fe5ed917476375The 21st Century Imperative for Educational Foundationsimage_header2016-01-23T20:51:05-08:00M. Francyne Huckabyb0a028670024a30dbf6459126ac0b17fe5ed9174You have no doubt noticed the thick, palpable and inescapable public discontent with education. You may even be reading this text because you want to be part of the solution as an educator. Such an intention shows your bravery as teachers, students, schools, and their neighborhoods are the primary targets of blame for our schooling woes. Many of the solutions to our professed educational crisis now come from politicians, billionaires, political think tanks, and businesses; while students, parents/grandparents/guardians, teachers, and their communities struggle to influence educational practice, policy, and laws.
And yet here you are engaging with the Foundations of Education — millennia of educational thought, philosophy, and praxis.
Before we immerse ourselves in the readings and experiences this course offers, take some time to imagine your idea if the ideal education and sketch it out in words, diagrams, images, collage, or any other forms that express your vision. As you sketch, consider the assumptions you make and how you came to believe is this ideal. Feel free to invite people (classmates, colleagues, friends, family, children, elders) to make their own sketches so that you can share and discuss your varied visions for the ideal education.
