Rotating Pilgrim » structure http://www.rotatingpilgrim.com ...to annoy, confuse, debunk, educate, and delight Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:20:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 A thought about education. http://www.rotatingpilgrim.com/2009/a-thought-about-education/ http://www.rotatingpilgrim.com/2009/a-thought-about-education/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:48:54 +0000 Rotating Pilgrim http://www.rotatingpilgrim.com/?p=177 The modern theory of education, heavily influenced by the captains of early 20th century industry, calls for indoctrination to factory standards: sitting still for long periods of time, remaining quiet in group situations, responding to bells, obedience within a linear hierarchy of absolute authority, acclimation to a high degree of control and constraint. In the last 10-20 years we have increasingly adopted a “prison model” atop the “factory model” as well, with locker searches, drug dogs, etc

The structure of education is teaching children just as much as the content of their textbooks … it is forming their lifelong impressions of their relationship with society.

Agree? Disagree? Discuss…

]]> The modern theory of education, heavily influenced by the captains of early 20th century industry, calls for indoctrination to factory standards: sitting still for long periods of time, remaining quiet in group situations, responding to bells, obedience within a linear hierarchy of absolute authority, acclimation to a high degree of control and constraint. In the last 10-20 years we have increasingly adopted a “prison model” atop the “factory model” as well, with locker searches, drug dogs, etc

The structure of education is teaching children just as much as the content of their textbooks … it is forming their lifelong impressions of their relationship with society.

Agree? Disagree? Discuss…

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