The wave

It depends on the subject matter that is being discussed and to what age group it is being discussed with.  I would say the Travayn martin case would have a movement like the wave with whoever you spoke to.  The moment when it shifted to an autocracy was when he got the class to stand up and begin stopping their feet in unison to disturb the other class.  That’s when they became one and started standing up for one another at any cost. The wave had vandalisms they also had fighting and assault.  It helped maintain the system because they did it for the cause. They did it for the wave.  They did it similar to the three musketeers’ all for one and one for all.  We need to be careful about what we do under our freedoms that could wind up being like the wave or even worst.  We are separating children teaching them you are better than them because of test scores.  This could build up and take off like a wild fire.  So we need to be careful what we do and what we teach our future.

The Democracy of Education: Week 7 -- The Wave

The Democracy of Education: Week 7 -- The Wave: The Wave is a movie that demonstrated for us the opposite of democratic education. Consider the conditions necessary for a dictatorship. The...

'The Wave' was a very interesting and surprising movie, which was based on true events in our education system that occurred in the 1960's.  It showed that one teacher had some ideas and good intentions on how to improve education in his classroom. Some students improved academically, others were happy to belong to something, but eventually it got out of control and ended in death and suicide.
The breaking point in the movie, occurred when the teacher realized that the students were out of control and then he tried to dissolve 'The Wave'.  The students were going to the extreme, such as vandalizing, bullying others who did not belong to the wave or those who did not wear white tee shirts.  The students felt a sense of belonging, they felt untouchable.  They were becoming powerful and then the teacher called a meeting, to dissolve what they took pride in, what they just started to enjoy and felt a part of.Obviously, they were upset and one student could not comprehend that what he believed in and stood for, was crumbling right in front of him; and that resulted in murder and suicide.
The teacher, who had good intentions at first, realized that the students would do anything he told them to, which then shifted into an autocracy.  He brainwashed them, he felt powerful.  Every night, he would discuss with his wife,  what took place with his students. He neglected her, by staying up all night, to plan for the next day.  He was becoming obsessed with his power, but he realized the destruction that was about to occur, unfortunately it was already too late.
Teachers in our education system today, have similar, but not extreme practices.  The students models what the teachers tell them.  In many classes, relaxation before lessons are performed in the form of exercise.  The students will do what the one in authority tell them to do.  Fortunately, I don't see 'The Wave" repeating itself in our schools today.
My project which will be on 'online education' could reflect a democratic education, because the education system provides an egalitarian atmosphere for all, with self determination, respect and trust.

The Democracy of Education: Week 5

The Democracy of Education: Week 5: New Models in Higher Education This week's reading give an overview of several new approaches to educating. The first article is long...

I chose the Funding Model because it appears that funding for higher education has dropped rapidly since 1986.  This is due to the lack of funds and the budget crisis that our nation is experiencing.  Although, the budget seemed to be slowly improving, funds may not be allocated to support higher education as much as it may be more available to be used for health, criminal justice and the K-12 schools.
It would be beneficial to increase focus on funding for higher education which would produce skilled graduates and eventually help to improve the state's economy.
I also think that blended courses, which is also referred to as  hybrid courses is very beneficial because a part of the course is done on line and it will help students especially those who need more time to understand the course and the learning process. I think it mirrors this course, because part of our studies are on line and then we come in for a face to face.

Week 5

One of the models I picked is flipped courses.  The reason I chose this model is because it gives the students a real opportunity to not only pass the class but to learn the material.  An experiment was conducted with two professors.  One highly rated professor and one that was inexperienced.  The inexperienced professor used the flipped course method. He was more successful than the highly rated professor.  The second one I chose was the blended course.  I chose the blended course because it gives you the freedom to study online.    If there is a part of the material that you do not understand or need help with you can ask the professor in the classroom.  I can see students benefiting from the hybrid classes.  The third model that I chose was moocs.  Not everyone has the time or the money to pay for school.  It is a good thing that they have organizations giving them the opportunity to get ahead in life.  This can hopefully make it an even playing field.

The Democracy of Education: Week 4

The Democracy of Education: Week 4: Education; Incluseive, Exclusive, Growing Pains This Week's R&R is a "mock" Quiz question. Please be sure to post your ...

All the candidates were concerned about the education in our schools.  Weiner stated that if we have available space in the schools, it would be more useful to open up a chemistry lab, or a gym instead of a charter school, unless the competition for the space be more egalitarian.  Bill de Blasio would like to invest funding in early childhood and afterschool programs by taxing the wealthy and the revenue could be used to reduce class sizes.  Bill Thompson is against closing our schools and thinks that money can be used for teachers development instead.  John Liu also thinks that if we tax the wealthy, we could create a better economy that will allow more money for education.
The shortcomings to the arguments are would the people be willing to be taxed more?

Week 4

Each candidate has an idea on how to make schools egalitarian. On the other hand none of the candidates tell us the plan b or c if plan a does not work.  Bill states that the government fails to invest in early childhood education and after school programs.  This is something that is true. Could we fix this problem when he becomes mayor as soon as possible?  I don’t think so.  With the way the economy is where are we going to get the funds to get the personnel for the afterschool programs and our teachers for our schools?  When we have to worry about other things like our police force undermanned new police commissioner stop and frisk and inspector general coming in so let’s face it you can do something’s not all of them.  John speaks about the 1% that makes 500,000 thousand a year taxing them more.  Now let’s be realistic here the people that make a half of million dollars have ways to protect it through charities, donations, and other back ways they have learned over the years.  Yes it sounds great in theory that he would put that money to renovate schools but would it be enough for all of our schools and everything we need. Than Sal wants to focus on the 0-3 year olds because that is when education really starts, now let’s think about that one percent are they going to be happy with that tax increase for education for 0-3 year olds let’s remember who pays for the campaigns.

The Democracy of Education: Week 2

The Democracy of Education: Week 2:

The article by Jonathan Mott, states that America was actually republican and it also states that in the pledge of allegiance;  but over the years, our country has become more democratic.
I feel we are more of a democracy based on our governments and the favor of the public and their demands.
The article by Gary Gutting states how our political system is mixed instead of being ran by one type, but many forms of government, who has different rules of power.