25.086-12 - The Challenge of Cultivation

• In Event: 25.086 - Sheraton Roundtable Session One - Grand Centre

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

The concept of “cultivation” has a rich place in the history of educational philosophy. Many philosophers have argued that educating is akin to the cultivation of flowers or crops, embracing the idea of “teacher as gardener” according to which education stems from the innate interests and talents of the student, rather than the teacher’s agenda. The submissions in this symposium turn to historical and philosophical accounts to inform, critique, and advance present perspectives on the cultivating process, by reflecting on (i) the skills that are cultivated in education today, (ii) how (un)equal opportunity is cultivated through education, (iii) the way that modern parents cultivate their children, and (iv) the implications of the uncritical acceptance of the gardening metaphor.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Philosophical Studies in Education

Chair

• Zachary L. Barber, University of Rochester

Papers

• What Are We Cultivating Anyway? 21st Century Skills Between Past and Future - Gideon Dishon, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Hemy Ramiel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

• Cultivating Children: On How We Have Come to Misunderstand the Trials and Tribulations of Modern Parenting - Avi Mintz, Independent Scholar

• Cultivating Educational Opportunity - John Peter Fantuzzo, Valparaiso University

• On the Dark Side of Cultivation or Against the Gardening Metaphor for Teaching - Oded Zipory, University of Dayton

Discussant

• David Isaac Waddington, Concordia University