CHYS 3P99 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: List Of Democratic Schools, Charitable Organization
15 May 2018
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CHYS 3P99, Feb 8, 2018
Week 5: Formal participation in institutions – schools
Debate 3
Given the institutional nature of schools, it is impossible for children to create their
school rules in a way that is more than tokenistic.
Sites of participation/non-participation
Rules: creation and application
- Protentional participation
- Ex. Dress code – some teachers will say that the student is being a distraction
to the class
Curriculum
- What are you studying in school?
- Who should be deciding what you’re studying in school?
Extra-curriculars, including student council
- Trying to give students a chance of choice
Outside the school/but related to the school
- Social media
- Protest
o Way of engaging and participate in and outside school
Different kinds of school rules
Relational
- Rules about governing how children interact with each other
o Rules against bullying
Structuring
- How to run the institution
o Raise your hand when you want to talk
o Be careful with school properties
Protecting
- Safety and health
o Don’t run with scissors
o Don’t run with big backpacks
o No weapons at school
Personal
- Taking responsibility about yourself
o Think before acting
Etiquette (the one they value the most)
- No swearing
- No hats
- Dress code rules
- Where you should be eating your lunch
(Thornberg, 2008)
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Roles of school rules
Guidance
- Need to children how to operate space
o Even if they don’t like each other
- Seemed as transparent and need to guide children
o Need to know morals and values
o Remember, school serves a very diverse community
- Guidance is not equal for everyone
Obedience
- Issue of power
o Teaching people how to become obedience and how children should
be obedience
o Children are usually pushed back
Perpetuation of class inequality
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Containment/management
- How do we organize everyone to keep everyone under control
Roles of curriculum
Present skills
- Present skills in the moment
Future skills
- But also in the future
Scaffolding
- Then scaffolding the skills
Cultural competency
- Teach certain kind of cultural competency
Ideology
- Encourage to think certain ways
- How to manage your money in capital system
Participation in shaping curriculum and rules
Addressing discipline
- If young are people are more investment, then you will have less issues
Making material more meaningful
- Especially those who come from different background
Developing civic commitment
- Give the students early experience
o Ex. Voting
- Having students more involved then they will become more committed and
skilled for decision making
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Document Summary
Week 5: formal participation in institutions schools. Given the institutional nature of schools, it is impossible for children to create their school rules in a way that is more than tokenistic. Dress code some teachers will say that the student is being a distraction. Trying to give students a chance of choice. What are you studying in school? to the class. Protest: way of engaging and participate in and outside school. Rules about governing how children interact with each other: rules against bullying. How to run the institution: raise your hand when you want to talk, be careful with school properties. Safety and health: don"t run with scissors, don"t run with big backpacks, no weapons at school. Taking responsibility about yourself: think before acting. Where you should be eating your lunch (thornberg, 2008) Need to children how to operate space: even if they don"t like each other.
