Social discussion of CS in K-12

[Katrina Kennett <katrina.kennett AT gmail.com>]

Another thinker, coming from a different entry point, for our ongoing conversation… 

http://mikerosebooks.blogspot.com/2016/05/education-and-new-world-of-work.html?m=1

"We also will need to examine our culturally received assumptions about people who are drawn to any of the pursuits that fall within Career and Technical Education, hospitality to nursing to the construction trades. To borrow a phrase from labor journalist William Serrin, we need “to give workers back their heads” and assume and encourage the intellectual engagement of students in the world of work. And if the theorists about the new world of work are right, then more than ever we need to provide for CTE students a serious and substantial education in history, sociology and psychology, economics and political science. What are the forces shaping the economy? Are there any pressure points for individual or collective action? How did we get to this place, and are there lessons to be learned from exploring that history? What resources are out there, what options do I have, how do I determine their benefits and liabilities? Though a curriculum that would give rise to questions like these has typically not been part of traditional vocational education, there is a separate history of worker education programs that blend politics, social sciences, and humanities with occupational education, from early-twentieth-century labor colleges to contemporary institutions like the Van Arsdale Labor Center at Empire State College. We have models to learn from.”

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Katrina Kennett

Literacy & Language, Doctoral Student

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Education Resources Consortium, Consulting Practitioner 

kennettenglish.blogspot.com // @katrinakennett