That´s a good question for which I don´t have an asnwer, Martin. The USA
system is messier than ours in Chile, and it´s unfair for different reasons.
But I do think that we should allow all the students to access information
that is relevant for their lifes, true -given the standards of a defensible
scientific practice-, and moral -given the standards of what is an informed
humanistic education. (I am aware that these are black boxes, worth of an
entire book on pedagogy here). If there are themes that are polemical we
should not train students in avoiding dialogue but in learning about the
opposites, their reasons and the arguments that instill their views. In
short, I don´t think that it helps democracy and moral development to let
the kids go out of the classroom for ideological reasons.
David D. Preiss Ph.D.
Profesor Auxiliar / Assistant Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Escuela de Psicología.
Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860.
Macul, Santiago de Chile.
Chile
Teléfono: (56-2) 354-4605
Fax: (56-2) 354-4844.
Web: www.uc.cl/psicologia
Blog: http://psicologiacultural.blogspot.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
Behalf Of Martin Packer
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:00 PM
To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Subject: Re: [xmca] Florida: History is factual & testable (& NOT
constructed)
But David, at what level would you recommend that we mandate these things?
The school level? The school district? The state? The federal government?
Allowing parents/communities at least a modicum of control over the
schooling their children receive is not inherently a bad thing, surely.
And Florida is *not* applying the rationale to everything.
Martin
On 5/10/06 11:38 AM, "David Preiss" <davidpreiss@puc.cl> wrote:
> But what would happen if we apply that rationale to everything? It
> would be good for parents that dislike that their kids learn about
> evolution to opt their child out of these lessons? And what about if
> they don't want their kids to learn Spanish, or about other religions,
> and so on.
>
> David D. Preiss Ph.D.
> Profesor Auxiliar / Assistant Professor
> Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
> Escuela de Psicología.
> Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860.
> Macul, Santiago de Chile.
> Chile
>
> Teléfono: (56-2) 354-4605
> Fax: (56-2) 354-4844.
> Web: www.uc.cl/psicologia
> Blog: http://psicologiacultural.blogspot.com/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
> On Behalf Of Kevin Rocap
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 7:35 PM
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Florida: History is factual & testable (& NOT
> constructed)
>
>
> Dear David et al,
>
> Without having yet read the full bill which I'm sure would raise all
> kinds of hackles and objections, I think the statement on page 46 is
> possibly the most reasonable resolution I can think of to what is to
> me the unreasonable stance of some Religious Right folks and others on
> the teaching of these topics. I much prefer the notion that a parent
> would need to opt their child out of such a class session, than to
> think that they would prohibit these things being taught at all.
> Then, perhaps, we can rely on students who do get taught to provide an
> informal education to their peers, no? ;-)
>
> In Peace,
> K.
>
> David Preiss wrote:
>> Please read the following statement in page 46: "Any student whose
>> parent make a written request to the school principal shall be
>> exempted from the teaching of reproductive health and any disease,
>> including HIV/AIDS"
>>
>> David
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu
>> [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
>> On Behalf Of Tony Whitson
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 12:02 PM
>> To: 'eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity'
>> Subject: [xmca] Florida: History is factual & testable (& NOT
>> constructed)
>>
>>
>> These pages (attached) are from a bill that has been passed by the
>> Florida Legislature, to become law when signed by Governor Bush.
>>
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