Self Direction 101: Accepting Gaps In Your Own Education
The Big Question:
Does anyone actually possess a “complete education”? Is it even possible?
Your Challenge For The Week:
- Just for fun, take this practice US Citizenship and Immigration Services civics quiz. How did you do? Be honest, how many of those questions could you have written a 2-3 page paper on, without Google?
- Read about Claudette Colvin and consider why this piece of the Civil Rights story isn’t regularly taught in school.
- Identify ten topics you have no working knowledge in.
Journal Prompt #1
In grades k-12, our society focuses heavily on a broad educational experience…
For undergraduate studies, we ask students to dig into 1-2 areas of focus for four years. In graduate school we ask people to focus solely on one subject for 2+ years.
PhD candidates are asked to pick a small area of focus within one larger area of study.
Why do you think there is a discrepancy in the depth of study we encourage for students, dependent upon their level of study?
Journal Prompt #2
Do you have fears about supporting your own child’s education? If so, what might that say about the educational experience you yourself had?
Finding Your feet…
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Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W Loewen
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Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Taylor Gatto