EDUC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Cultural Literacy, Corporatization, Consumerism
28 Mar 2016
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Lecture 21 (week 9) - neoliberalism & neoconservativism in education. Note: this topic will be on the exam. Emphasizes the rule of the market (we should be able to buy and sell anything) Eliminate the concept of the public good (focused more on self-interest) Emphasizes tradition (uncle always complaining about new technology) Need to create a common curriculum or a core curriculum" in order to create cultural literacy. An unchanging body of knowledge that is shared, common background knowledge among people in a culture, that ever person should know in order to be a part of their culture. If you do not, you are not a part of that culture (excluded, is this fair?) Supposed to be unchanging, but changes between generations. Common assumption: the most important factor in how well people read something was how clearly something was written. Hirsch discovered: clear writing doesn"t help readers if they are already unfamiliar with the vocabulary and background concepts.
