hidden curriculum?
Jay Lemke (jllbc who-is-at cunyvm.cuny.edu)
Mon, 06 Apr 1998 16:14:09 -0400
I am speaking of course principally in the context of U.S. public
education. I am sure there are places in the world where even the worst
education is a great improvement over none at all. Perhaps there are a few
places where the overt agenda of education is to mass-produce exploitable
workers (that is pretty nearly the case in the US, but we fail even at this
task). I suppose I also ought to acknowledge that some students here do
manage to get reasonably good educations, by whatever standard, and some
more exit with a reasonably high level of exploitability for the likely
future economy. What percentages would these be in the US? 5% and 20%,
optimistically?
Are there any credible surveys across the full spectrum of secondary
education students, and their parents (where visible), or of teachers (very
hard to get honestly cynical answers in public) on the actual effects on
students from, and fact-judged social commitment of communities to,
education today?
What's left to hide? JAY.
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JAY L. LEMKE
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
JLLBC who-is-at CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
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