1. Education is life itself…
(Dewey 1938)

2. I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think. Questioning is the beginning of wisdom ~ Socrates ~

4. Joseph Schwab
Believed the only hope for curriculum is for energies to be directed away from “theoretic pursuits” and towards a practical model
Any discussion of curriculum - of what we should be teaching - needs to seriously consider the real needs and abilities of all four characteristic participants (equally ranked) in any educational encounter
Called for a team effort using the four commonplaces for learning as a base

5. Schwab’s Four CommonPlaces:
Curriculum (subject matter)
Teachers
Students
Milieu (setting or context)

6. Field Experiences: Curriculum What do we teach? (What can we learn?)
Teachers
Who are we as teachers? (Who am I as a learner?)
Students
How do we teach? (How do I best learn?)
Milieu
Where do we teach? (What is the learning environment like?)
Field Experiences:
How can we use Schwab’s Commonplaces as a way to focus and guide our inquiry into our own teaching practice in the field?

7. Dewey Positions learner in the center
Rest of the three commonplaces around the learner
Set a demanding role for teachers to design and provide a healthy milieu for the child to learn

8. Teaching and learning is a continuous process of reconstruction and experience. (Dewey 1938)

10. What do we want students to …
KNOW?
DO?
BE LIKE?