tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post9054753168644284146..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: Sound the alarm! The "activists" are comingMike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-13697210160904249432012-01-24T07:51:14.252-06:002012-01-24T07:51:14.252-06:00As if "joining hands and working together&quo...As if "joining hands and working together" is the polar opposite from the "political process." Both involve people concerned with an issue looking at each other, asking "now what", coming up with their own (inevitable biased) solutions, and working for a path the group can live with.<br /><br />The "political process"- if we take that to mean electoral politics- might differ only in that it's a lot more restrictive in who has the connections/resources to enter the room.Brian Beabouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272952368137260891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-24706286495303848162012-01-22T20:11:38.293-06:002012-01-22T20:11:38.293-06:00Finn's fears are well-founded. Check it out. h...Finn's fears are well-founded. Check it out. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/education/edlife/the-new-student-activism.html?pagewanted=allAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-97205585231918192012-01-20T15:09:45.616-06:002012-01-20T15:09:45.616-06:00Oligarchs are afraid of democracy... no doubt abou...Oligarchs are afraid of democracy... no doubt about it. As teachers who believe in social justice education we need to make sure that our role is facilitator, and not evangelist for any particular cause. Our job is to help students to think critically about the world and about what they are taught and then to take action as they see fit. <br /><br />If a student in my environmental science class looks at the data and critiques the sources from which those data have come and decides to become an activist for a view opposite my own, they I've still done my job well. My job is not to indoctrinate but to facilitate critical thinking and autonomy. <br /><br />Nobody who feels strongly that their opinions are valid should be threatened by this view. I guess some of the oligarchs aren't so secure in their opinions. <br /><br />PhilMr. Cantorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463333846222929768noreply@blogger.com