ERIC Number: EJ1197726
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Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 2
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If It's the Institution That's Causing the Decline, Change the Institution: Comment on Colgan
Siegel, Harvey
Philosophical Inquiry in Education, v25 n2 p226-227 2018
This comment is in response to Andrew D. Colgan's article in a previous issue of the journal. While the author finds Colgan's institutional analysis compelling and agrees his proposed "deinstitutionalizing solutions" of reviving teacher culture and return teacher education preparation to teachers' colleges. He proposes a third remedy, which he thinks is equally de-institutionalizing and equally long-term: change the institution. The author defines changing the institution by cultivating fertile ground for philosophers of education to ply their trade, and for students to study the subject, someplace other than teacher education programs. He thinks this could happen in philosophy departments so teacher preparation can return to teacher's colleges. He does not offer this proposal as a rival to Colgan's proposed solutions, but rather as an additional avenue worth pursuing. [To view Andrew D. Colgan's article, "The Examination of the Decline of Philosophy of Education with Institutional Theory: A Focus on the Last Three Decades," see EJ1182109.]
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change, Schools of Education, Organizational Change, Philosophy, Departments
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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