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No standardized testing
--What makes this beneficial to the students?

Cooperation not competition
--Goes against the American way

Starting schools at an older age
--What does their early education? Does this make parents more responsible?

More educated teachers

Providing professional options besides college

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Could you argue that Montessori and Waldorf are considered alternative methods to teaching because they encourage out of the box thinking? 

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Could you argue that Montessori and Waldorf are considered alternative methods to teaching because they encourage out of the box thinking? 

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Like James Baldwin mentioned: The purpose of education is to help youth become an individual who is capable of thinking for themselves. BUT no society truly wants individual thinkers, they want followers.

Perhaps alternative teaching methods are alternative because they encourage thinking that goes against that follower mindset???

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I think that practices should change around the student. And while Montessori is ideal in terms of creativity it can be very hard to steer every kid in the right direction. Also with just larger classrooms in can be impossible. However, we should not lose the desire for freedom. I know at least in sciences it is the desire to push forward in your own research that furthers the field.

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Philosophical educators within the week 6 readings share the theme of change. Change is needed to create a more equitable education experience for students. Some suggest multicultural education or educating yourself on other cultures. There are a lot of options for how you can change the system, but racism and other social issues are so deeply rooted in it that changing the system is so much easier said than done.

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Whiteness is an invasive and possessive thing. It claims societies and schools and banks.

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I think that in the Lipsitz reading separating white people from whiteness was a great take that could have a unifying property. I think that white people would be more willing to help find whiteness if they felt distanced from it, so they don't feel attacked.

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Students are often segregated by their strengths in various disciplines. Certain subjects like math and science are given higher priority while subjects that further ones personal growth like art are neglected.

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"Training" sets students up for mindless indoctrination (according to the Tozer article), while proper education deters that. So, what makes a proper education??? The only thing I can think of that would stop the process of indoctrination is questioning. Indoctrination cannot happen if the reasoning is questioned... so a proper, good education makes it so that students have the opportunity to question the teacher and the system

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If discourses help to significantly shape who we are, then having a disagreement with another person can have significant impact on both parties. The way we choose to handle things is grounded in how we were raised, and having an understanding of this can help to bridge divides rather than make them bigger. It all comes back to empathy and choosing to try to understand one another than to blame

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These Western discourses are limiting to our education system and prevent people from learning more about their personal interests. They teach only what society as a whole has decided is valuable.

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How do Western discourses matter to us as future teachers?

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How do Western discourses matter to us as future teachers?

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In the constant battle for good grades and higher positions in the class we create a need for admiration and recognition from students tied solely to academic success. This causes students self worth to become tied to academic success. Academic success can be easily influenced by the resources people get. We know that not everyone has the same access resources. With this tied together we can see that not every student has access to good grades due to lack of resources and thus might not have access to any of the higher levels of meritocracy.

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What Western discourses seem to be shaping the philosophies still practices in U.S. schools today? 

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What Western discourses seem to be shaping the philosophies still practices in U.S. schools today? 

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Grading systems

Starts to take a toll on self-worth

Prestige around higher education

Standardized system

doesn't promote individuality

Education for all is a priority

but is it a reality?