Overview of the contested nature of "education" for an introductory session. Original by Peter Hadfield.

1. Planning & Preparing to Teach Session One The Nature of Education and the role of the Teacher Peter Hadfield (with additional confusion added by James Atherton)

5. Education as a ‘Subject’….

6. Education as a ‘Subject’…. Is education a “subject” like these others? It can be seen through all these lenses, and looks different through each.

7. Education as a ‘Subject’…. Is education a “subject” like these others?

8. Population S-curve 30 September 2011 Population Time High Population Turnover Rapid Population Growth Incipient Population Decline This is the Riesman model: see http://www.doceo.co.uk/background/riesman.htm for explication

9. Population and Economy 30 September 2011 Population Time Primary (subsistence) Economy Secondary (Production) Economy Tertiary (Service) Economy Accelerating Change << >

10. Riesman’s model 30 September 2011 Population Time Tradition-directed culture Inner-directed culture Other-directed culture << >

11. Education & Social character 30 September 2011 Population Time Pass on revealed truth Charge up to apply Negotiate << >

22. Dual Professionalism… Subject Specialist Professional Educator Professional Codes of Practice

23. Dual Professionalism… Subject Specialist Professional Educator Professional Codes of Practice The role of the tutor is therefore to be not only a practitioner of her subject or discipline, but also a teacher; hence “dual professionalism” and what this course is about

24. The task of the tutor is to induct the learner into a professional identity, represented by this fuzzy green background...

25. Political Background Legal Aspects Research methods Ethics Philosophies / models of Practice Discipline- Specific Theory Professional Studies Practice skills Technology Values The task of the tutor is to induct the learner into a professional identity, represented by this fuzzy green background...

26. Political Background Legal Aspects Research methods Ethics Philosophies / models of Practice Discipline- Specific Theory Professional Studies Practice skills Technology Values The task of the tutor is to induct the learner into a professional identity, represented by this fuzzy green background... But because we teach on organised “courses” which have to be arranged and timetabled in neat boxes, we never cover the messy stuff...

28. Given that there are so many contested ideas in the field of education, it is not really surprising that it is overrun with regulatory bodies, often with competing and irreconcilable agendas

29. The post-16 curriculum Traditional values of Education Education for all A ‘social good’ Investment in Human Capital

30. The post-16 curriculum Traditional values of Education Education for all a ‘social good’ Investment in Human Capital Here are three of the competing ideologies, all making claims on you: the red one clearly underpins the official (LLUK) curriculum of this course...