Comments on: What’s Wrong with Teaching Plato? http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/12/whats-wrong-with-teaching-plato/ The China History Group Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:35:30 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Voices without Votes » China and U.S: Ideal Citizen Education http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/12/whats-wrong-with-teaching-plato/comment-page-1/#comment-164794 Voices without Votes » China and U.S: Ideal Citizen Education Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:56:18 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=925#comment-164794 [...] Russo at Frog In A Well compares conservative education program in the U.S with textbook in China from 1933-39 about “being a good citizen”. [...] [...] Russo at Frog In A Well compares conservative education program in the U.S with textbook in China from 1933-39 about “being a good citizen”. [...]

]]> By: gina http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/12/whats-wrong-with-teaching-plato/comment-page-1/#comment-135418 gina Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:49:50 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=925#comment-135418 It's a thin line, I think...however, what got the headline in the NYT, the protector of all things liberal, was that a lot of these curricula were being funded by politically conservative groups. And as for the base curriculum, I'm not surprised. However, considering what most k-12 kids learn about China in school，anything is a step up from nothing. It’s a thin line, I think…however, what got the headline in the NYT, the protector of all things liberal, was that a lot of these curricula were being funded by politically conservative groups.

And as for the base curriculum, I’m not surprised. However, considering what most k-12 kids learn about China in school，anything is a step up from nothing.

]]> By: Global Voices Online » China and U.S: Ideal Citizen Education http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/12/whats-wrong-with-teaching-plato/comment-page-1/#comment-135415 Global Voices Online » China and U.S: Ideal Citizen Education Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:54:13 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=925#comment-135415 [...] A Well compares conservative education program in the U.S with textbook in China from 1933-39 about “being a good citizen”. Posted by Oiwan Lam  Print Version Share [...] [...] A Well compares conservative education program in the U.S with textbook in China from 1933-39 about “being a good citizen”. Posted by Oiwan Lam  Print Version Share [...]

]]> By: C. W. Hayford http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/12/whats-wrong-with-teaching-plato/comment-page-1/#comment-135359 C. W. Hayford Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:19:43 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=925#comment-135359 A number of years ago <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.D._Hirsch" rel="nofollow">ED Hirsch</a> wrote <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Hirsch&sts=t&tn=cultural+literacy&x=0&y=0" rel="nofollow">Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know</a> (Houghton Mifflin, 1987), which was perceived as the sort of conservative backlash you mention. But Hirsch maintained that he was a liberal trying to promote general knowledge to make citizens who could influence politics. BTW, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_Knowledge_Foundation" rel="nofollow">The Core Knowledge Foundation</a>, has developed a base curriculum for k-12 schools. Great idea, but it turns out that the only piece of fiction dealing with China is... ok, you guessed it, Pearl Buck's The Good Earth. A number of years ago ED Hirsch wrote Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (Houghton Mifflin, 1987), which was perceived as the sort of conservative backlash you mention. But Hirsch maintained that he was a liberal trying to promote general knowledge to make citizens who could influence politics.

BTW, The Core Knowledge Foundation, has developed a base curriculum for k-12 schools. Great idea, but it turns out that the only piece of fiction dealing with China is… ok, you guessed it, Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth.

]]> By: Transpacifica » Republican curricula in the US and China http://www.froginawell.net/china/2008/12/whats-wrong-with-teaching-plato/comment-page-1/#comment-135325 Transpacifica » Republican curricula in the US and China Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:29:03 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=925#comment-135325 [...] Russo at Frog In A Well has an interesting post drawing a tentative parallel between US conservative groups that advocate “the teaching of [...] [...] Russo at Frog In A Well has an interesting post drawing a tentative parallel between US conservative groups that advocate “the teaching of [...]

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