tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post4481673237258560031..comments2023-10-24T10:06:05.391-05:00Comments on Instructivist: An ode to progressive education.Instructivisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01652458042291988959noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post-84970916298682437222008-01-12T07:12:00.000-06:002008-01-12T07:12:00.000-06:00Good to see the real John Dewey.Good to see the real John Dewey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post-68813423393378008962008-01-03T21:38:00.000-06:002008-01-03T21:38:00.000-06:00Fascinating. There really is nothing new under the...Fascinating. There really is nothing new under the sun. Wonder if the present futurists would recognize their own impressive-sounding (but ultimately shallow) educationese coming out of the mouths of the past futurists of the 1940's. I have to admit to sawing some wood in a few of my history classes, but I am pretty sure that I didn't learn much on those days. <BR/><BR/>Video calls to mind a 1940's newsreel on the Simpsons about their hometown of Springfield. In the newsreel, they show a factory cranking out "aqua cars," which the nasally 40's sounding narrator pronounces "the car of the future" or some such thing. Narrator: "Keep em coming, boys!"<BR/><BR/>Funny joke regarding cars on a cartoon show. Not so funny when you think of kids in classrooms and years wasted on voodoo education.Chethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298230192411763186noreply@blogger.com