1. From the matrix, select two theorists, educators, and/or philosophers OTHER than the one your group worked with on Wednesday.
 

• Read the conclusions in each category (worldview, view of human nature, approach to teaching, role of teacher, role of student, relationship of schooling to society) provided by your peers about the two people you selected.  Make notes about what you agree and disagree with.  How would you change any of the statements?  Why?

2. Revisit the information your group provided about a particular person.  What evidence did you use to draw your conclusions about each category?  Give specific examples.

3. Now focus on the Relationship of Schooling and Society column.  People might have taken at least 2 approaches to this category.  They could have summarized the actual relationship of schools of that particular era to society OR they could have stated what their theorist/educator/philosopher believed the relationship should be.
 

• What do YOU think?  Looking at that category (Schooling to Society), do you think the information provided reflects what WAS/IS or what the person believed SHOULD BE?  Why?
• What conclusions can you draw about what the functions of public schools have been historically and contemporarily?
• Do you think these functions are legitimate?  Why?

4. Looking at the matrix as a whole, what relationships can you see among people's world views, their approaches to teaching, roles of students and teachers, and the relationship of schooling to society?

5. What do you think is the importance, if any, of exploring these concepts and issues?