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The Irony Of The Safety Lamp
It's worth re-emphasizing that as early as John Dewey's essay 1898 The Primary Education Fetish where he articulates that school shouldn't try that hard to teach kids to read, the leaders of the education establishment have been self-consciously opposed to what parents generally want for their kids. Different Drummers: How Teachers of Teachers View Public Education is a more comprehensive survey of teacher attitudes from mid 20th century for those curious.
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Used in: A Lofty, Somewhat Inhuman Vision
Education professors speak with passionate idealism about their own sometimes lofty vision of education and the mission of teacher education programs. That passion translates into ambitious and highly evolved expectations for future teachers, expectations that often differ dramatically from those of parents and teachers now in the classroom. "The soul of a teacher is what should be passed on from teacher to teacher," a Boston professor said with some intensity. "You can be a life-long learner and learn the things you don't know in terms of the content, but you have to have that soul to be a good teacher." (p. 9)