Time to Review

QuestionsStarsYour Ways of Knowing In Search of Solutions

Asking Philosophical Questions What is real? Who am I? What can I know? What should I do? What is valuable? Why should I care?

Socrates – Friend or Foe? What is the good life?

Know thyself The unexamined life is not worth

living Knowledge/Wisdom leads to “the

good” Your ideas

Let Me Count the Ways Your ways of knowing (Interactive

Notebook entries):

Plato – The Philosopher King What is the good society?

Allegory of the Cave Myth of the Metals Your Connections

Jonathan Kozol The Math of the Metals? What is the “good” public

education? How do we support it? What does it matter? What happens to a dream

deferred? Your reactions

Solutions Kozol’s proposal Hirsch’s proposal

Essentialism? Perennialism?

Peterson’s critique

What’s Next? Words and Meanings NCATE Connections

Course/Standards Links Principle #1 – making subject

matter meaningful for students The “big picture” – your statements of

philosophy Scenarios applied to your students

Course/Student Links Principle #2 – support students’

intellectual, social, and personal development Recommendations from philosophers

and peers Critical reflection and philosophical

analysis of learning opportunities in your interactive notebooks and final essays

Course/Strategy Links Principle #4 – use a variety of

instructional strategies to encourage students’ development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills Chapter scenarios Your selected scenarios

Course/Communication Links Principle #6 – knowledge of

effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom Team presentations Class discussions

Course/Community Links Principle #7 – planning based on

knowledge of the community The “big picture” – ideas from

community oriented philosophers, e.g. Dewey, Freire

Your team links to community challenges, resources, frameworks

Your interactive notebook and essay connections to community

Course/Reflection Links Principle #9 – reflective

practitioner evaluating effects of choices and actions on others Interactive Notebooks – responses

and reflections Personal statement of philosophy Final essay – choices, commitments

and the “sum of effects”

Another Pair of Eyes Review of the Conceptual

Framework through your “philosopher’s” eyes. What would your philosopher

emphasize, add, and/or change? Why?