Comment on Rob’s Burbules Response
Greetings,
Rob, I agree with what you said in your article, where you state that critical thinking does seem like critical pedagogy ‘lite’ in the manner that you describe. From my reading, I would agree with the fact that critical thinking is more of a high minded idea, while critical pedagogy encourages students to take action on what appears to be immoral or inconsistent policy made by the ‘institution.’
I, however, took another take on how critical thinking and critical pedagogy relate. I propose that critical thinking is not critical pedagogy ‘lite,’ but rather an integral part of critical pedagogy. One must first think critically about the institution, in order to understand what should be changed and why. After that step is done, then one must use the skills promoted by critical pedagogy and act upon those thoughts and change them for the better of society.
Work Sited:
“Burbules Response” Rob Beckman. 30 March 2006. http://beckma20msuedu.edublogs.org/2006/03/30/burbules-response/>
Ornstein, A. C., & Levine, D. U. (2000). Philosophical roots of education. In Foundations of education (7th ed., pp. 388-420). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
