philosophy
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Teaching in rural America, if boiled down, is rooted in tension rather than tradition: certainty and inquiry. While this is, of course, my view on the subject, I still believe it holds true in most contexts. This tension, for example, draws most strongly from pragmatism, particularly the work of John Dewey, alongside elements of humanism and reconstructionism. Dewey’s insistence…
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Modern society can often be seen as a rejection of what is ‘known,’ whether that ‘known’ be true or false does not matter; and instead, it is now the acceptance of what is believed. This is the thesis for my discourse. While this remains a claim without a citation, examples can justify it, for example: 1) people trusting viral social media posts…
Colin C. Caso 