Social discussion of CS in K-12

[Pattsi Petrie <pattsi2 AT gmail.com>]

I trust everyone has read We Make the Road by Walking, the conversation between Myles Horton and Paulo Freire in their twilight years.

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On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Bertram Bruce <chipbruce AT mac.com> wrote:

Martin, thanks for sharing this. Nice article. I’d be happy to continue the dialog via email, skype, whatever.

Have you seen the news about Finland schools: <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/finland-schools-subjects-are-out-and-topics-are-in-as-country-reforms-its-education-system-10123911.html> and <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/03/26/no-finlands-schools-arent-giving-up-traditional-subjects-heres-what-the-reforms-will-really-do/<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/03/26/no-finlands-schools-arent-giving-up-traditional-subjects-heres-what-the-reforms-will-really-do/>. It’s relevant to the reconstruction idea.

I’d also be interested to get feedback on my course for May on inquiry-based learning (and help spreading the word about it): <http://chipbruce.net/teaching/inquiry-based-learning-class/>. The readings list is very tentative at this point, so suggestions are very welcome.


> On Mar 18, 2015, at 6:23 PM, Wolske, Martin B <mwolske AT illinois.edu> wrote:
>
> On Monday the Digital Literacy for ALL Learners research assistants and I discussed some of the similarities and differences between Dewey/Inquiry-based learning and Freire/popular education as it informs our demystifying technology approach. This following a brief email dialog Chip Bruce and I had on the topic late last week. Today I got a chance to read a paper by Richard Kahn and Douglas Kellner, "Paulo Freire and Ivan Illich: technology, politics and the reconstruction of education”. The paper also periodically references Dewey, especially at the end as they envision a reconstructed education. Very interesting reading that I’d love to discuss at some point. I think it describes aspects of our collective approaches well.
>
> — Martin
>
> <PauloFreireIvanIllich--TechPoliticsEducation.pdf>


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