Talk:Educational essentialism

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Sexism and Racism[edit]

Serious consideration needs to be given to the critiques against essentialism that it enshrines sexism (almost all canonical writers have been male) and racism (minority voices are underrepresented in Western culturally "core" texts). Substantial sources can and should be brought to bear on this issue. -Webster Newbold 20:38, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Ted Sizer an essentialist?[edit]

Sizer's philosophy contains elements of educational progressivism, educational essentialism, and educational perennialism. The fact that he is affiliated with "essential schools" should not be misunderstood as meaning they are essentialist in philosophy. In fact the "coaching" referenced in this WP article comes directly from Mortimer Adler's Paideia Proposal, a perennialist work. Sizer's philosophy is not an essentialist philosophy. [Core Knowledge Schools http://www.coreknowledge.org/], based on Hirsch's philosophy, more accurately represent essentialist philosophy. ~~If there are no objections, I am going to re-edit the "Schools Enacting an Essentialist Curriculum" section to reflect this~~. I reedited the section to reflect this.--Lhakthong (talk) 15:25, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Removed "Criticism"[edit]

I have removed the unsourced "criticism":

One of the positive critiques of essentialism is the stability of the education. Because essentialism is relatively conservative and focuses on disciplines which are relatively stable, it is a rather consistent form of education. The same disciplines are taught consistently and in a progressive manner. It is not persuaded by the fads of the time, but instead focuses on the basics that students need to know to be productive members of society.

Feel free to add it in a different section if it can be sourced. 75.88.76.44 (talk) 06:15, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]