Syllabus
Overview, the ideas behind the practice of radical pedagogy. School and the problem of collateral learning - John Gatto.
The habit of learning - William James. The information of behavior - John Dewey.
The radical nature of teaching - Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner. Applying the theory in practice - Jacques Barzun.
Applying the theory in practice - Thor May. Applying the theory in practice - Kristie Fleckenstein.
The danger of getting it all wrong - Paulo Freire. The Function of the Teacher - Bertrand Russell.
Annotation
This course explored the nature and practice of pedagogy - how is it that persons learn, and how one person can help another learn. The course is not only intended for future teachers, but for anyone who has ever taught anything, which is to say, everyone.
It is founded on the ideas of Radical Pedagogy, which focuses on and is developed through the study of real world consequences of biological inter-subjectivity: i.e., how Human beings actually learn (as opposed to an idealization thereof). This course address both theory and practice.