Time to Review Questions Stars Your 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?