In reading these chapters I look at what John Dewey motivates were behind education. Dewey believed that learning was active and saw schools as an agency providing social services and a community center for immigrants, industrial workers and urban dwellers. His idea was that children came to school to do things and live in a community which gave them real, guided experiences which fostered their capacity to contribute to society. John Dewey believed that students should be involved in real-life tasks and challenges. I believed that Dewey interpretation of education has its positive side, because instead of student just taking and retaining knowledge, they would put what they learn into practice by doing hands on work. While in school one may apply for internships in the field of work or career you decide to go into. Once you get an internship you practice what you learn and you get a better understand of your field and how to function in society.
Another thing that stood out to me in this chapter was the movement of kindergarten school. As the book stated that Froebel believed that cultivating a garden of children, the kindergarten teacher was to bring forth their divine spirits and create a sense of unity among all humans. I believe that kindergarten today is nothing like Froebel envisions, it’s more about playtime rathar than prepare the child for the next level of education. I mean nothing is wrong with have playtime but it should be monitored because as children move up they playtime decrease and some kids get frustrated and school come boring to them. I think if from young kids are training into a routine as (this is playtime and then this is work time) as they move up it would not be hard for them to adjust to long school hours and more work.
As we discuss in the last class W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T Washington were two great influential minds for the black community but had different views on how on should be educated. Booker T was more about industrialization where one learn how to develop a trade and Du Bois was more for studies enhancing blacks reading and writing and understanding in the fields of educational studies. Du Bois believed that Washington wants blacks to give up to much, asking them to give up political power, civil rights and higher education and that it would cause a disaster in the black community. Even through I am on the fence with the two influential minds practices/beliefs I guess they both have positive and negative side. With Du Bois, not every is cut out for going to school and acquiring higher education some are good at taking up a trade, but with Washington I am not to keen about him in that he wanted blacks to give up to much power. l learn in history class that Washington was friend to president at that time he was very much involve with politics, so I guess he was trying to please the political party by deterring blacks from fighting for their rights. If blacks were to give up all those rights as requested by Washington I don’t think African American would be where they’re today.
