February 2...Visions of Teaching and Reasons for Schooling

Take some aspect of what Kumashiro is talking about and use it to reflect on your program thus far (this will work for counselors, too!).  Feel free to write about whatever you want, but one possibility is to think about whether/how you’ve seen Kumashiro’s three kinds of teachers (teacher as learned professional, as researcher, as professional) show up in your classes, practica, etc.).

January 26...Labaree’s Competing Purposes of Schools

Are there any major purposes of schooling left out by Labaree? What do you make of his conclusion (Is there any hope to push back against the predominant notion of education as a private good?)?