"Jonathan" and Shaun interview John, a new teacher in a crisis situation. As is so often with new teachers under the influence of The Unexamined Education, John struggles mightily with how things could be and rather than turning off his humanity and assuming the children are soulless so that he can get on with delivering essential curriculum, John wants to think about human things.
Oh, you young fool! Change now, while you still can! Don't nurture the human side of education! All that will do is make you realize how inhumane the system is!
What is The Unexamined Education?
Ever feel like the rhetoric of education doesn’t match the reality? Join two veteran teachers as they envision a more perfect system by interrogating the hidden assumptions that alienate love of learning in our schools.