Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Illich and Goodlad

Goodlad's text was about the different purposes of schooling. There were twelve in total. Here they are:
1. Mastery of basic skills or fundamental procedures
2. Career education-vocational education
3. Intellectual development
4. Enculturation
5. Interpersonal relations
6. Autonomy
7. Citizenship
8. Creativity and aesthetic perception
9. Self-concept
10. Emotional and physical well-being
11. Moral and ethical character
12. Self-realization

Illich's text was about disestablishing school. He thinks schools have a way of destructing the lives of the children who attend them and that the children are being brainwashed into believing whatever the people with the highest power believe. He thinks teachers have too much of an impact on their students lives and therefor doesn't let the student make its own decisions and doesn't have enough control over their own life. There are three different roles a teacher can play: teacher-as-custodian, teacher-as-moralist, teacher-as-therapist. Although Illich has some very strong points about this topic, I do think that school and education is still necessary in everyday life.

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