Unchanging Education

"THEM" is my convenient acronym for:

TS Eliot,

Hannah Arendt,

ED Hirsh, and

Michael Oakeshott;

This is a collection of conservative and thus also TC [both 'traditional conservative' and 'teacher-centered,' -- I had previously referred to 'them' as the Tate-Cluster, the main figures from his most excellent book.

I begin by wrapping up some loose ends and with an overview of some key ideas, and then discuss TS Eliot.

Wrapping up Leg One of the TVSC matter from Locke to G. Highet and R.M. Hutchins (circa 1950); a vision of teacher-centered perennialism and the Great Conversation...and perhaps even the attendant need for a great conservation...

Finishing the 40's in the lit review; a quick recap and mainly a consideration of remarks by W. Lippman and writings by and about S. Weil...

Focus on John Dewey, grandfather of SC-ed, through the eyes of Edmondson

Mainly focused on Alfred E. Stearns' 1935 book, prefaced by recapitulation and general comments on UE themes

Bagley is the grandfather of TC-ed and should be required reading in B.Ed./school teacher-training, contra Dewey...

The Great Bertrand Russell and "the greatest danger" x 2

Mainly a discussion of a surprising TC [teacher-centered + traditional-conservative schooling proponent] figure: Antonio Gramsci of 'hegemony' fame

A Consideration of some foundational figures in TVSC, i.e. Lockean TC and Rousseauain SC origins, loose ends, as well as Rieff

TVSC, why you should care, micro and macro level educational considerations and implications