I had a difficult time talking about the philosophy of education. I think that the main difficulty came from the fact that the material we are looking at forces us to change our philosophy all the time. I wonder if we will ever reach a point where we have a true peace about our philosophy or if this will be an on-going thing. I do think that if we have reached a conclusion about how the philosophy should look then we need to reexamine our practices in the classroom.
The other disussions that we had in the group were very good. The grading talk, while overdone (haha), was very helpful to hear about where other people were on their feelings of grading.
I cannot wait to see what others are doing in their classroom's this fall.
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I don't think we'll ever be "done," but I do think we may get to a place where we're more comfortable with our philosophy(ies) and it won't feel so "in-flux" all the time.
I agree with Karl - I think that we are moving closer to the bull's-eye all the time, but we also have to expect that bull's-eye to move around some!
"I do think that if we have reached a conclusion about how the philosophy should look then we need to reexamine our practices in the classroom" YES! That was why it was important for me to articulate my philosophy...to instigate change in the classroom. I even put my philosophy in the front of my (so 20th century!?!) notebook.
BTW, I like reading your blog even though I don't always comment....
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