Compulsory Education: The 7 Lesson School Teacher

 

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Unit: Arts Education

Theme: Compulsory Education

 

Introduction

Today we will discuss compulsory education, which refers to a period of education that is required of all people and is imposed by the government. This education may take place at a registered school or at other places. Compulsory school attendance or compulsory schooling means that parents are obliged to send their children to a certain school. All children who have attained the age of 6 years or who will have attained the age of 6 years by February 1 of any school year or who are older than 6 years of age but who have not attained the age of 16 years, except as otherwise provided, are required to attend school regularly during the entire school term.

 Art education is, on the other hand, the set of instructions on how to use the language of art. People understand the world and assign a meaning to it using art. It is not required nor forced on people as part of the frame created by compulsory education.

 

II

Learning Objectives

 

  • Understand the disconnection between compulsory education and art education. 
  • Explain how compulsory education affects children's creativity
  •  Gather an awareness of the role of the teacher in changing the current state of the educational system
  • Experience what it would be like to design a different educational system based on art education


III

Main Lesson


1

Ice-breaker

Question 1

Watch the video and share what you think is the message behind it.


 

 

 

2

 WARM UP

Let us begin with music and warm up. Let us get on our feet, get away from our desks and follow the isolation warm up. 

Let us add conscious breathing at the end of the warm up,  self-affirmations and meditation.


 Question 2

Is this warm up useful? Post your answer on Discussion Board.

 

 

 

 3

Read the research on art education by clicking on the link below.

Concept Education by Art Education 

 Question 3

  Go to the conclusion of this research (p.694) . What is the main observation made by the researcher?



4
 

BOOK REVIEW 

 Today we will introduce Jon Taylor Gato's work on education. Please, watch the video below and move the discussion forward by answering to  the following question:



 Question 4
 
What do you think about Gato's ideas as expressed  in this review?
 
 
 
 
 5

Read the 7 Lesson School Teacher and Psychopathic School


Dumbings Us Down by John Taylor Gatto

 

Seven Lessons Taught in School 

 

Question 5

What is Gatto's main concern?


 

IV

A Note to Remember

Compulsory education does not facilitate arts education, on the contrary, it may obstruct it development.


 

V

Case Study

 Jon Taylor Gato

 John Taylor Gatto (1935 - 2018) was an American author and school teacher. After teaching for nearly 30 years he authored several books on modern education, criticizing its ideology, history, and consequences. He wrote the following books:

Dumbing Us Down

1991

Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling

2008

The Underground History of American Education

2000

A Different Kind of Teacher

2000

 


Question 6

Write your reflection on Gato's words in this interview. Discuss it with your peers.


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Activity

Gather in groups (7 groups). Each group will discuss one of the 7 lessons to share with the group the main points developed by the group. Write the main points on Discussion Board and offer the potential solution to the lessons using art education, specifically the conceptual art ideas explored in class.


 
VII

Journaling
 
 
VIII
 
Glossary
 
Compulsory schooling: Compulsory school attendance or compulsory schooling means that parents are obliged to send their children to a certain school. 

 Art education: Art Ed. is, on the other hand, the set of instructions on how to use the language of art. 

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Sources

Abaci, Oya (n.d). Concept Education by Art Education and an Investigation on the Opinions of Teacher Candidates about the different concepts. https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com


https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dumbing_Us_Down/IF8f0SsGXnwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=inauthor:%22John+Taylor+Gatto%22&printsec=frontcover



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Students' Work 

 

The 7  Lesson School-Teacher

Summaries


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