@RadioFreeTom @rkylesmith @ConceptualJames 1/
If you think my views are about social envy I suggest you read "The Critical Turn in Education" by Isaac Gottesman. He lays out, Approvingly, the way in which education theory has come to be dominated by a blend postmodernsim and critical theory. I think this is bad.
If you think my views are about social envy I suggest you read "The Critical Turn in Education" by Isaac Gottesman. He lays out, Approvingly, the way in which education theory has come to be dominated by a blend postmodernsim and critical theory. I think this is bad.
@RadioFreeTom @rkylesmith @ConceptualJames 2/
I also spent 8 years getting 2 degrees, so while social envy is a candidate for explaining my motives, I see my concern as grounded in things as the most cited scholar in education being Paulo Friere, who is cited more then Richard Dawkins and Charles Darwin combined:
I also spent 8 years getting 2 degrees, so while social envy is a candidate for explaining my motives, I see my concern as grounded in things as the most cited scholar in education being Paulo Friere, who is cited more then Richard Dawkins and Charles Darwin combined:
@RadioFreeTom @rkylesmith @ConceptualJames 3/
If you want to see some of what Henry Giroux (120K Citations) has to say here he is arguing in "Border Crossings: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education" that reason and objectivity are mere forms of social power. Again, I think this is very bad.
If you want to see some of what Henry Giroux (120K Citations) has to say here he is arguing in "Border Crossings: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education" that reason and objectivity are mere forms of social power. Again, I think this is very bad.
@RadioFreeTom @rkylesmith @ConceptualJames 4/
I do not want postmodernism to become the worldview that is inculcated into our young people via education. I do no want to see the Neo-marxist paradigm used in schools either. This is precisely what Giroux argues for explicitly.
I think this is extremely bad.
I do not want postmodernism to become the worldview that is inculcated into our young people via education. I do no want to see the Neo-marxist paradigm used in schools either. This is precisely what Giroux argues for explicitly.
I think this is extremely bad.
@RadioFreeTom @rkylesmith @ConceptualJames 5/
If noting that the dominant pedagogy taught in schools of education today is critical pedagogy, which the most cited scholars in the field say is built around postmodernism, critical theory, and Neo-marxism, then I guess anyone who goes against that is a social loser.
If noting that the dominant pedagogy taught in schools of education today is critical pedagogy, which the most cited scholars in the field say is built around postmodernism, critical theory, and Neo-marxism, then I guess anyone who goes against that is a social loser.
@RadioFreeTom @rkylesmith @ConceptualJames 6/
My preference is that the institutions which train public school teachers should keep doing that and not get hollowed out and appropriated so they can be used produce critical theorists with a postmodern view of the world. Again, letting that happen would be bad.
My preference is that the institutions which train public school teachers should keep doing that and not get hollowed out and appropriated so they can be used produce critical theorists with a postmodern view of the world. Again, letting that happen would be bad.
@RadioFreeTom @rkylesmith @ConceptualJames 7/
If the argument is a non expert is unable to judge the merits of a dissertation that might be a good argument, but since the experts in the field of education keep saying they're proponents of critical pedagogy built from postmodernism and critical theory. I believe them.
If the argument is a non expert is unable to judge the merits of a dissertation that might be a good argument, but since the experts in the field of education keep saying they're proponents of critical pedagogy built from postmodernism and critical theory. I believe them.
@RadioFreeTom @rkylesmith @ConceptualJames 8/
And I would further argue that while I would be the first to admit I have no business granting degrees and giving dissertations, I absolutely and capable of reading and understanding these papers, and understanding the methods and standards they are using.
And I would further argue that while I would be the first to admit I have no business granting degrees and giving dissertations, I absolutely and capable of reading and understanding these papers, and understanding the methods and standards they are using.
@RadioFreeTom @rkylesmith @ConceptualJames 9/
And when the method is critical theory and the standards are postmodern I think I'm justified in rejecting what's being taught.
In any case, the field of education is rife with this and it's scholarly record is filled with it. This is going to take *decades* to clean up...
And when the method is critical theory and the standards are postmodern I think I'm justified in rejecting what's being taught.
In any case, the field of education is rife with this and it's scholarly record is filled with it. This is going to take *decades* to clean up...
@RadioFreeTom @rkylesmith @ConceptualJames 10/
If you wish to call me bitter for pointing this rather unpleasant truth out, so be it.
Stay well Mr. Nichols.
If you wish to call me bitter for pointing this rather unpleasant truth out, so be it.
Stay well Mr. Nichols.
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