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"I have what passes for an education in this day and time but I am not deceived by it." Flannery O'Connor on her "social studies" major taught by liberals.
The Social Foundations of Education blog has a two-fold purpose:
1) To help facilitate research and access of the knowledge of prominent education reformers, those who buck the trends and fads of the left-wing bias of failed mainstream education.
2) To provide tools to help educate oneself in the humanities, the rich subject matter that liberals denigrate and deconstruct, thus denying many of us our rich Western and American heritage in the liberal public schools and universities.
1) To help facilitate research and access of the knowledge of prominent education reformers, those who buck the trends and fads of the left-wing bias of failed mainstream education.
2) To provide tools to help educate oneself in the humanities, the rich subject matter that liberals denigrate and deconstruct, thus denying many of us our rich Western and American heritage in the liberal public schools and universities.
The Real Social Foundations: Fellowship and Appreciation of Our Western Heritage
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- Gabe
- B.A. English, Virginia Tech, B.A. Asian Studies, University of Maryland Asian Division, M.Ed Education Policy, UVA, working on M.A. in Systematic Theology from Notre Dame Graduate School Christendom College in evenings (a great way to understand Western Civilization). Goal is to continue my B.A. studies in Asian Studies by eventually getting a doctorate in Southeast Asian Studies (particularly the ancient kingdoms of Southeast Asia) or Strategic Studies with a focus on Asia. I live in Northern Virginia.
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* Social Foundations is the term used in education colleges throughout the country for the fields of education theory, philosophy, history, and policy. It is a term with a long history dating back at least to the 1920s to John Dewey, the father of modern, "progressive" education. Flannery O'Connor stated, "My advice to all parents is . . . anything that Wm. Heard Kilpatrick & Jhn. Dewey say do, don't do."
2 comments:
I'm sure our global warming fanatics who bombard American Papist at his blog whenever he criticizes it will know exactly what beautiful country this is: The Maldives.
Those who worship global warming are always threatening that this country will simply disappear like Atlantis.
When I went there I flew Singapore Airlines. It was huge airplane, but not many people on it. I just remember the worst tropical turbulence that lasted for nearly the entire 4 hours of the flight. I had the entire row to myself. I finally just pulled out the Rosary and prayed the plane would make it there safely.
In the Maldives, you have to book a resort. The resorts are one per island, and most of the resorts are in North Male atoll or South Male atoll. Male is the capital island, with the airport on its own island next to the capital.
It is a fascinating country. Incidentally, the only atoll visitors are allowed to visit without and actually meet the locals is Addu atoll, the southernmost atoll, with the main island of Gan. It is the only atoll with roads connecting the islands. It was part of England until handed back to the Maldives in the 1970s. I flew there from the airport to better get a feel for the country after spending a few days at the resort that I had booked on North male atoll.
This is a grreat blog
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