Episode 86: On Anxiety

Dr. Bourgeois and Mr. Miller, using and summarizing Jonathan Haidt's book, The Anxious Generation, discuss the role technology plays in making many, especially the younger generations, more anxious than past ones and how they have seen the same in their students over the years.

To discover the trends that have been seen in education that might have been partially responsible for the topic of the day, check out The Center Cannot Hold: A Critical Look at Contemporary Education, published by Ahart Education and offered exclusively through Amazon.

What is The Old School?

Dr. Steven Bourgeois and Mr. Ross Miller lead an informal discussion between a current and a former teacher on topics that challenge "best practices" in contemporary education. In keeping with Neil Postman (1979), we support the conserving function of education: “Its aim at all times is to make visible the prevailing biases of a culture and then, by employing whatever philosophies of education are available, to oppose them.”