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October 02, 2007

Readings for Thursday and Beyond

Categories: EDUC 110

We should just about wrap up the philosophy of education section today, so we will move into the section on education law and ethics next (although why ethics isn't part of the philosophy chapter, I am not sure. I didn't write the book!).

The law and ethics section is highly interactive and I am sure we will have a lot to talk about. Here's my advice about how to tackle chapter 8:

Thursday: Skim pages 260-283. Pay special attention to the "Frame of Reference" sidebars -- they have good info. Try to figure out what YOU would do in each of those 18 situations and make a note of that.

Tuesday (9 October): Go back over pages 260-283, this time paying close attention to what the law says about those situations. Compare how your intuitions fared with the law. Give yourself a Rights Quotient (page 283). Also take a hard look at the criticial cases listed on pages 284-285. Those are very important.

Thursday (11 October): Read the rest of chapter 8 (286-293). We'll talk about whether or not schools should work to instill morals and/or values in students.

Posted by Nakia at October 2, 2007 08:46 AM