Carrie’s TEBlog

Rob brings up some interesting things in his response to the Labaree article. He notices why a goal of education would be Democratic Equality. All schools are different and get different benefits. Along with that not every teacher is the same. This is why I had said to some extent education should be unified. I think if there was a more unified guideline for education, people would have more equal opportunities and all of problems may be fixed. Basically if everyone knows what is expected and has a set idea of what education is, then it would be easier to fulfill the requirements. I know this seems very idealistic, but I think it could really help. I liked what Rob said about Social Efficacy. No one truly can say when he or she is in middle school or even in high school what he or she wants to be. How can they know if they have not experienced different things? I think that is part of what education does. It shows students all the different possibilities that they have. Students need to be encouraged to explore, not to be narrow-minded. Why would a goal of education be to keep society the way it is, when I thought a goal of education was to encourage social change? It seems contradictory to me.