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Dewey and Baldwin have some ideas for teachers that you may never have considered. What do
these authors think teachers should be thinking and doing? How should we think about ourselves
and our role? How do Dewey's and Baldwin's ideas differ from your own assumptions or ideas
about your role as a future teacher? Reflect on what you think about Dewey's and Baldwin's
ideas. You should use some direct quotes from the texts in your response.
Dewey believes that teachers should play a more neutral role in influencing students but still do
their best to direct them in a way that is best for their future, saying that “[t]he sum of the matter
is that the times are out of joining, and that teachers cannot escape even if they would, some
responsibility for a share in putting them right” (85). Alternatively, Baldwin believes that it is
one of the teacher's sole responsibilities, saying, “[i]t is your responsibility to change society if
you think of yourself as an educated person” (91). I think that we, as future educators, should
pull from both Dewey and Baldwin’s ideas in influencing young minds. It is not only the
teacher’s responsibility to educate students on societal happenings; that falls into the hands of
many people. Dewey states that “[t]he most specific thing that educators can first do is
something general” (85), which I think may be going on the right path. Teachers should bring up
“controversial” topics to discuss, but teachers should do so respectively and in a way that people
can’t get hurt; teachers should also let students form their own opinions, as opposed to shoving
one specific thing down their throats. Discussion should be welcome.
a)
What were the core arguments or themes?
b)
What problems/concerns were discussed?
c)
How does the following reading fit into what we have learned in EDL204 in the past 3
weeks? Refer to past classes videos/notes/slides/readings.
Letter to the Editor!!!
The core argument in “Letter to the Editor: We Can’t Wait – An Alumni Perspective on Racism
in Education” is that through harmful teaching, harmful practices can be developed in students
that continue throughout their lives unless they begin a critical reflection to undo them. The
problem discussed throughout this article is the harmful teachings and actions that retired Miami
Professor Douglas Brooks performed and hurt Black and Brown students. This directly lines up
with what was discussed this week in the Dewey and Baldwin readings. Baldwin believes that it
is largely the teacher’s responsibility to correctly educate students on culture and society, and in
the case of Brooks, he poorly miseducated his students. This miseducation followed his students
out of Miami and into their careers, where they had to re-educate themselves. If the students
weren’t poorly educated in his classroom, they would not have to go through a re-learning
process and would have been better equipped earlier in their careers.
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