1. Read Tooley, The Beautiful Tree, and engage in discussion on the forum.

2. Search the web for a good article on 1 of the educators below.  Be prepared to present the main contribution of one of them in 5 bullet points. Add the links in the googlesheets page in the forum.

• Education of the Poor as Political Conscientization: Freire
• Behaviourism: Skinner, Piaget, Watson
• Cognitism: Noam Chomsky, Bruner
• Constructivism: John Dewey, Piaget, Lev Vygovsky

3. (Extra: Browse the first chapters of Life and Skills.

You can sign in for a free pdf at http://www.nap.edu/download.php?record_id=13398#login   You are looking at what teh various outcomes of education should be.  This lays teh foundation for discussion of vocational outcomes and also character and values outcomes)

Select Forums from the Course Links navigation menu. After reviewing the information about the discussion forums, select and engage the topic on Educational Center Internship.

Some discussion issues on a Theology of Education

While we are covering largely childhood education, the breadth of this course needs to engage with preschool, high school, vocational training, adult education and computer center development.

Behind these are theories of education.  You may explore some of them briefly:

• Freire ppt
• Educational Theorists ppt
• Philosophy Behind Education ppt

Discussion on Life and Skills and cognitive domains as a basis for an emphasis on vocational training.