Social discussion of CS in K-12

[Bertram Bruce <chipbruce AT mac.com>]

That’s a great book.

I also recommend Cecelia Tichi’s Civic Passions: Seven Who Launched Progressive America (and What They Teach Us. It’s about seven great reformers of the earlier gilded age (1890s). She wonders at the end whether we can find similar leaders for our current gilded age.

Chip

On Mar 29, 2015, at 10:34 PM, Pattsi Petrie <pattsi2 AT gmail.com> wrote:

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

P2

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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