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IS EQUALITY BETWEEN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DESIRABLE AND/OR ACHIEVABLE IN…
IS
EQUALITY
BETWEEN
TEACHERS
AND
STUDENTS
DESIRABLE
AND/OR
ACHIEVABLE
IN THE CLASSROOM
What do we mean by
Equality
What type of equality
are we referring to?
Equality in terms of authority
Authority in the classroom
only exists if accepted
by the students
This is what Bingham
was talking about
Teacher can be de-authorised
implications for professional practice
Interaction between equality and authority
Equality in terms of traditional democracy
Power to the people
Democratic society
Dewey: Democratic societies come from democratic education
If barriers not taken
down in classroom,
then unlikely to be
removed in society
Cristiano: Equality needed for democracy
Impact on the classroom
Dewey - schooling and society shouldn’t be separated…schooling should be learning
how to live in society
lecture 25-01
UNDHR - equality of treatment
Kant
"Equality of Condition"
Resonates in the context of inclusive education
We all are different so
equality in truest sense
won't work
Equality respects difference
Levinas
DIFFERENCES DO EXIST
WE SEE IT IN OUR CLASSROOMS
but if seen from the perspective of
Levinas?
Dewey:
Lack of democracy leads
to rigid structures
not creativity
Therefore IT IS desirable?
Chomsky agreed
Education about creating
free, independent human beings
Allow natural aspects to develop
Ppl. become active, engaged citizens
De Montaigne and Rousseau
Guttman - teaching to self-govern
Is it achievable
Hangs in the balance
FRAGILE
Achievable?
Depends on what you view
as being equality
Achievable is context dependent
But with teachers "knowing" and being responsible for planning and the curriculum, is that an obstacle??
Seems unachievable in the
context of a rigid curriculum
Unlikely in the current
education structures
Freire - Pedagogy of the oppressed
Critque Arendt's
narrow, fatalistic view
that authority is lost...
but what if it doesn't exist in the
first place
RESPONSE
Engage with other ideas
Agree or Disagree
& Reason
if disagr.
where the problem lies
how to address
resolution / alternative
why it would be better
Expand on
specific points
how idea can
be developed
challenges to be addressed
Identify the pair
and their point
or trend (BRIEFLY)
Don't summarise
their point
common themes or
specific points
S.Murphy
C. Connolly
agree that equality can
exist with boundaries
what did Rousseau say?
L. Shekleton
R. Tighe-Moore
focuses on
need for authority
what about what Bingham said?
T. O'Byrne
views equality
in terms of their roles
and knowledge
authority is relational
views authority in
terms of responsibility
K.McIlvenny
N. John
agree that equality does
not mean abdication of authority
and responsibility
A. Convey
C. Clarke
agrees that equality can be achieved without
the loss of authority
Seems to be general consensus that retaining authority is important
we are not suggesting
a permissive style
where "anyting goes"
but equality can still be achieved depending on how you define equality
and what form it takes
It's a mistake to say
that equality means
treating everyone the same
Cristiano referred to
equal interests
could be more
about the process
Do we give a student voice
in relation to assessment
P. Flynn
K. Chance
P. Barron
C. Bolger
C. O'Doherty
S. Kearns
mentors rather than
figures of authority
A. Kinsella
A. Pierce
Giving people what they need is argued to be much more valuable and achievable than simply treating everyone the same in an educational sense.
F. Doyle
A Hanratty
agree largely with the
2 points i made to the left
R. Marley
G. Hossenny
Need to expand on point critiquing Arendt's view that equality results in loss of authoirty
and perhaps link to Bingham point on relationships
and Deweys points on authority
imbalance in power results
in loss of democracy
link to who sets
assessment
teacher
sets success
criteria