The Knowledge Gap Episode 4

This week we're covering chapters seven and eight from The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler. We've started part two of the book: "How We Got Here: The History Behind the Content-Free Curriculum." In chapter seven, Natalie takes us through the history of child-centered education and teachers' aversion to teacher-directed, content-focused instruction. We discuss Rousseauian principles, social efficiency, the open-classroom movement, and the puzzling opposition to learning factual information. Chapter eight, "Politics and the Quest for Content," covers recent education reform and the failed attempt to create national history standards. Once again, we're discussing how politics have negatively impacted progress in education and we're not happy about it.

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