Readings for September 17

As I read the two readings due for tomorrow's class, at times I was a bit confused on some of the content. I feel that Eisner's chapter reflected more on what I believe a teacher/school's job is all about. I strongly agree on certain points of the chapter that stuck out at me. Especially the point that just because children are the same age, doesn't mean that they perform at the same level. Some may be at a grade or two above/below the rest of the class. I also strongly agree that it is more efficiant if a teacher has a cetain group of students for more than a few months to ensure a better teacher-student relationship.

Getting to the Noll debates... To be quite honest, I was a little uneasy about this reading but I think [and I hope] that I am on the right track... I have to side with Hutchins rather than Dewey on this issue of social experience. He says that it is true that students should learn based on their social experience. Students come into a classroom to become more educated men as Noll says. Without previous society experience without the word, "educated," students will have a harder time excelling in the classroom.