There is the idea that teachers have freedom of speech in the classroom which allows them to teach unapproved curriculum material that reflects their political beliefs. The claim is academic freedom but it is not freedom when one person (the teacher) holds the power to suppress objections and punish through grades. It is not academic fre…
There is the idea that teachers have freedom of speech in the classroom which allows them to teach unapproved curriculum material that reflects their political beliefs. The claim is academic freedom but it is not freedom when one person (the teacher) holds the power to suppress objections and punish through grades. It is not academic freedom when the lesson is bias against an ethnic group and places those students and teachers in danger.
Despite Oakland school district having the abysmal scores of 25% of the students meeting math standards and 33% meeting English standards, the teachers believe that their need to express a political belief exceeds the need for children to achieve an education that could help lift them out of poverty and provide better opportunities. What is real social justice?
I may be wrong, but is academic freedom really an ideal in elementary and secondary education? I've always considered the goals and benefits of academic freedom to be more applicable to the university.
Understand your doubt, because it would seem that academic freedom would apply to colleges for many reasons, especially, since these are adult-to-adult interactions. To claim academic freedom when one is working with minors and are to be acting as loco parentis would appear to be contradicting ethics.
Included the video because it addresses how one group of teachers are claiming academic freedom and using the power of their union to show solidarity with the Palestinian people. The teachin which had curriculum for 4th grade on up was opposed by the superintendent, but happened due to "academic freedom" and the power of the union.
There is the idea that teachers have freedom of speech in the classroom which allows them to teach unapproved curriculum material that reflects their political beliefs. The claim is academic freedom but it is not freedom when one person (the teacher) holds the power to suppress objections and punish through grades. It is not academic freedom when the lesson is bias against an ethnic group and places those students and teachers in danger.
Despite Oakland school district having the abysmal scores of 25% of the students meeting math standards and 33% meeting English standards, the teachers believe that their need to express a political belief exceeds the need for children to achieve an education that could help lift them out of poverty and provide better opportunities. What is real social justice?
Here is Oakland teachers at their lowest, placing themselves and their beliefs before their students. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10lphHtPRcE
I may be wrong, but is academic freedom really an ideal in elementary and secondary education? I've always considered the goals and benefits of academic freedom to be more applicable to the university.
Understand your doubt, because it would seem that academic freedom would apply to colleges for many reasons, especially, since these are adult-to-adult interactions. To claim academic freedom when one is working with minors and are to be acting as loco parentis would appear to be contradicting ethics.
Included the video because it addresses how one group of teachers are claiming academic freedom and using the power of their union to show solidarity with the Palestinian people. The teachin which had curriculum for 4th grade on up was opposed by the superintendent, but happened due to "academic freedom" and the power of the union.