Hilda Taba

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Hilda Taba

• Current Conceptions of the Function of the School

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• What is Tabas watershed question?
• What two opposing views are generated by how that
  question is answered?
• Hint her watershed question mirrors
  conversations we have had about the purpose of
  schooling?

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• According to Taba, where would each of the
  following rank on the conservative/reconstructioni
  st scale?
• basic education
• Horace Mann
• John Dewey
• Changing the social order (Counts)

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• Where would you rank Taba on the
  Conservative/Reconstructionist scale, where 1 is
  the most conservative and 10 is the most
  reconstructionist?
• Justify your rating with quotes!

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• What is Tabas ultimate conclusion about the
  conservative/reconstructionist dilemma?