Between Perennialism and Progessivism: A Reflection on a Pedagogical Choice for Effective Child Development

With the task of the philosopher of education beset with several challenges and theoretical underpinnings regarding what kind of pedagogy and curriculum suits the moral and personal development of the child, various approaches have been postulated. In the present study, we prune these theories to perennialism and progressivism. There have been divergent views as to whether or not either or both of these serve the interest of the child better. What then is Perennialism? What is Progressivism? What makes each of these theories a preferred pedagogic theory for the child? Are there any places of connection and/or discord between these theories? Are they both necessarily at logger heads? In this essay, we argue that progressivism and perennialism portray shades of truth about child teaching and development that is unique and distinct to each. As human societies and social consciousness are not univocal, it is the submission of this essay that it is the task of the educator to align any of the two education theories with the yearning of the community which is where the input of education of the child is made manifest. Main persons for philosophical investigation of perennialism for us are Robert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer J. Adler, and Sir Richard Livingstone whereas important persons for progressivism are John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and especially John Dewey. Perennialism holds the view that teachers should teach issues that are of general importance to man and focus on them. Progressivists believe that education cannot be always the same and it is always in the process of development: it must be life itself, and learning has be linked to the interests of the child, which must be carried out by solving specific social and educational problems.

devir-professor brasileiro em tempos de pandemia

This paper seeks to explore the processes involved in becoming a teacher in this particular historical moment of global pandemic in Brazil. What are the challenges, limitations, possibilities and opportunities that the pandemic presents to the process of teaching work and teacher formation? A review of the literature that included contributions from Caponi (2020), Kohan (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2017), Larrosa (2018), Neuscharank (2020), Vaz (2012), Arroyo (2012) and Abramowicz (2017) suggests a dialogue between pedagogic theory, philosophy of education and the contemporary experience of political and social events in the pandemic period The discussions reviewed explore the profound extent to which Covid-19 has affected our way of living, working and relating to others, and the psychological effects of social isolation. The situation demands from the Brazilian teacher an attitude of openness to change, specifically in the use of new technologies, and the extent to which they are or are not able to replace face-to-face interactions. The situation also challenges us to reconstruct, beyond the logic of neoliberalism, our notions of the type of school we have and type of school we want, the type of teachers we are and the type of teacher we want to be. We conclude that this process of thinking school again depends, if it is to escape neoliberal logic, on the capacity of understanding the vocation of the teacher to be one of “becoming-child” in the sense of experiencing an openness to and a desire for the new. As such, the “becoming-teacher” is one who allows herself to be addressed by another logic, another more sensitive and more aesthetic temporality, and who finds, in encounter with others, with art, with childhood, with becoming itself, the capacity to think, to resist, to fight for the realization of that logic.

A relação educação, ciência e interdisciplinaridade

Discute a relação entre educação, ciência e interdisciplinaridade. Mostra a importância de configurar-se uma teoria pedagógica com poder de verdade diante de outras áreas do conhecimento humano, para, em seguida, passar em revista alguns autores que se fazem presentes no debate epistemológico do campo pedagógico. Após problematizar as diferentes posições de alguns autores, posiciona-se por uma perspectiva interdisciplinar para a educação, o que permitiria uma autonomia relativa do pedagógico. Palavras-chave: ciência; educação; autonomia; interdisciplinaridade; epistemologia educacional. Abstract This text talks about the relation between Education, Science and Interdisciplinarity. It also shows the importance of configuring a Pedagogic Theory with real power in opposition to the other human knowledge Areas, so that it is possible to check some authors in the epistemological debate field. After comparing the different positions of some authors we assume an interdisciplinary perspective for the Education that would allow a relative autonomy in the Pedagogic process. Keywords: science; education; autonomy; interdisciplinarity; educational epistemology.

Teaching Urban Health

As urban health comes into full flower as a field of inquiry, the future of the field lies squarely with the next generation of scholars who embrace urban health as their metier. Creating healthier, more equitable, and sustainable cities globally requires an urban health workforce with the knowledge, skills, and capacity needed to achieve those goals. This chapter discusses the state of the science in urban health teaching, drawing both on specific examples and on pedagogic theory to illustrate how we may best contribute to the creation of the next generation of scholars in urban health.

Introduction to academic traditions as psycho-pedagogic factor of adaptation of first year students

The article is made in the framework of the study of psychological and pedagogic factors of adaptation of students who have started to attend a higher education institution. These include ceremony of initiation in the student life, that is still little considered in pedagogic theory and practice. In our research we realised identification implicitly of the academic traditions presented in activity of higher education institution.. On an experimental basis, it is proved that the organised introduction of students into academic traditions leads to an improvement, compared with students with whom such work is not carried out, adaptation to environment of a higher education institution, situational anxiety, subjective satisfaction with learning at a higher education institution, and academic success.

Students’ electoral behaviour in small Russian towns as the main criterion of patriotic upbringing

This study is aimed at estimating the existed students’ patriotic level in a small town of Rostov region. The main components of patriotism are selected among important personal, social and professional characteristics that can be stimulated in electoral campaign and improved in education process. The authors’ model of evaluating students’ patriotism is based on the comparative analyses of students’ electoral behaviour during different electoral campaigns as integrity of sociological survey and pedagogic theory. The correlation data between electoral behaviour and levels of patriotic upbringing are pointed out. Scientific novelty of the paper consists in a methodological unity of psychological and pedagogic principles expanded by the synergy approach explaining the development of students’ patriotism. The article presents theoretical justification and experimental analyses proving the necessity to develop electoral culture as the methodological principle of improving patriotic upbringing. The article is of practical use for teachers, scientists elaborating methodology of improving patriotism based on election culture in educational environment of technical university.Keywords: Electoral behaviour, synergy, models of electoral behaviour, youth, the average Russian town.

Cartographic Transfers

Before maps arrived in American homes, their social life was regulated by institutional agendas set by government agencies as well as voluntary associations. But, as this chapter shows, the path that led small, ambulatory maps into the domestic lives of ordinary citizens most frequently was created and maintained by the nation’s emerging school system. After the Revolution, an educational consumer demand, spurred by the introduction of the monitorial teaching method and homework assignments in primary and secondary education, was responsible for turning plain, conventional maps into formative experiences of lasting cognitive and social consequence. Examining the synergetic relationship between “mappery,” a form of cartographic instruction, and the emerging pedagogic theory of “object teaching,” the final chapter delineates how educators established maps as a powerful social media, linking schools and homes, elementary education and adult learning, cognitive theories and communal socialization, including the creation of a map-based national imagination.

Timing is flipping everything: Is student engagement through the flipped classroom dependent on the year of study it is introduced? A case study in Law

The use of the Flipped Classroom (Bergmann & Sams, 2012, Upchurch, 2013, Flipped Learning Network, 2014) in Higher Education is an exciting development for teaching. The opportunity offered by the flipped classroom, to adapt the traditional large group lecture and home study elements of a course, can lead to a more effective interactive learning environment. First -hand personal experience has confirmed the pedagogic theory: students engage in the subject matter through actively applying their understanding of the knowledge they have constructed. In the process they often surprise themselves with how much they actually know. Whilst the benefits and challenges posed by this pedagogic approach have been highlighted previously (Simmons and Swan, 2015, Stripe and Carrier, 2015), there remains an unanswered question, could engagement with the flipped classroom be dependent on the year of study it was introduced? It is possible to suggest that it does.

What does it Mean to Call the Monasteries of Gaza a ‘School’? A Reassessment of Dorotheus’ Intellectual Identity

This paper investigates the pedagogic theory and practice reflected in the Instructions of Dorotheus of Gaza. Recent scholarship has emphasised the school-like character of Palestinian monasticism in the sixth century, but failed to define in what respects the monks’ activity in the coenobia near Gaza resembled teaching in the ancient schools. Taking the education system of the Neoplatonic schools as a starting point, this article systematically analyses Dorotheus’ conceptualisation of his community, his methods in the formation of the brothers and the role of intellectual activities in the daily life of the monks. It is demonstrated that Dorotheus implemented a curriculum of medico-philosophical therapy that followed the pedagogic pattern in philosophical schools and circles. However, what distinguishes his pedagogy from that of ancient philosophers is the strong emphasis on communal psychagogy and the role of practice in the progress to virtue.

Research into Practice: Cultural and intercultural awareness

This article examines the role of cultural awareness (CA) and intercultural awareness (ICA) in classroom theory and practice. CA and ICA can be roughly characterised as an awareness of the role of culture in communication with CA focused on national cultures and ICA on more dynamic and flexible relationships between languages and cultures. There will be a consideration of findings from CA and ICA research that have not been well applied, those that have been well applied and those that have been over-applied to classrooms. In particular, it will be argued that CA and ICA are more prevalent in pedagogic theory, and to a lesser extent policy, than they are in practice. While the cultural dimension to language learning is now fairly mainstream, where elements of CA and ICA are applied or translated into the classroom they typically take the form of comparisons between national cultures, often in essentialist forms. There is still little evidence of classroom practice that relates to the fluid ways cultures and languages are related in intercultural communication, especially for English as a lingua franca or other languages used on a global scale.