175: The Centrality of Curriculum and the Function of Standards | #CSK8 Podcast with Jared O'Leary
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In this episode I unpack Eisnerโs (2002) publication titled โThe centrality of curriculum and the function of standards: The curriculum is a mind-altering device,โ which problematizes curricula and standards by discussing how both can deprofessionalize the field of education.
Chapter
Eisner, E. W. (2002). The centrality of curriculum and the function of standards: The curriculum is a mind-altering device. In The Arts and the Creation of Mind. Yale University Press, 148-177.
My One Sentence Summary
This chapter problematizes curricula and standards by discussing how both can deprofessionalize the field of education.
Some Of My Lingering Questions/Thoughts
- While an individualized approach to education does put more responsibility on teachers, Iโd argue we could take away a lot of the mundane responsibilities we have to do in order to focus our time and energy on teaching
- I might have paid more attention in other subject areas if I could have explored it in ways that were actually meaningful to me
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00:00 Intro
00:45 Chapter introduction
00:52 Curriculum as a mind-altering device?
01:51 Curricula come in many different forms
04:56 Teacher-proof curricula
07:00 We need to think beyond what is being taught
09:07 Every lesson can impact how a student thinks
13:41 School holds back students' creativity
16:56 Why districts aren't sustainable with CS implementation
19:11 Integrated CS curricula
25:02 Some problems with siloed curricula
25:48 There are more factors that influence learning than content and pedagogy
28:02 Are standards a form of deprofessionalization?
33:10 This approach doesn't align with learning science
33:32 Do standards have a constructive role to play in computer science education?
35:36 What the public needs to understand about education
37:05 Teachers shouldn't have to do this
39:57 I might have paid more attention in school if...
42:00 Outro