Friday, October 22, 2010

How well do teaching ideologies reflect political parties?

Who says politics and education don't match up?

If one were to look at the policies for each political party, there is a very broad but certain resemblance to the policies of educational ideologies. The two main ideologies I would like to focus on would be Essentialism and Progressivism. These are the two largest teaching ideologies practiced in the United States out the four total ideologies. The two political stances being identified are the Republican Party and the Progressive Party. Give comments or feedback on how these these platforms and ideologies are related or not related to one another, and follow the directions at the bottom:

(I do not want to go too far into the topic at hand for the reason being that I would like for the readers of this blog to come to their own conclusions about the relationship that these ideas share. If readers do need more information on the topic(s) at hand, click on the links at the bottem of the page for further information. Please respond to this post with any criticism, agreements, argumentation, other relationships, and or if other teaching ideologies match up the same way to other political parties. Responders are also encouraged to give examples that further support these relationships or to disagree with the relationships. It is up for you to decide, just please be courteous, respectful, and professional with your posts; this is not a place or topic for slander or rudeness. HAVE FUN!)