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In Regelski's article he mentions institutions a lot. I wonder if it is good that we think about things in such terms. It reminds me of when we discussed in class about the term "color blind" and if that was a good thing. I think that races and cultures need to be acknowledged but do not need to be DWELLED on. But, in this case with the institutions, I wonder if they even need to be acknowledged. It is true that such things exist but I don't believe that these institutions are so concrete and defined that we need to talk about it at the length that Regelski did in his article. Because the human brain looks to categorize and judge, I don't know if it is safe to dwell on institutions of students vs an institution of teachers vs an institution of musicians. Especially after learning everything we have learned in critical pedagogy that the student and teacher should trade off roles and transformation should happen for both the student and the teacher. I'm not sure if these institutions have to exist in all classrooms.
posted by Anonymous @ 12:38 PM
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I think that it is critical that we address the issue of institutionalization, and delve into it even further than the article does. I think that it is important for us as teachers to understand the structures within which we are operating, and to grapple with the factors that have led to their existence and the nature of that existence. Not acknowledging the phenomenon of institutionalization does not make it go away. By doing that, we accept institutionalization, and all the concepts and ideals that it has preserved, whether they are relevant or not. I think critical pedagogy encourages us to challenge these institutions, to evaluate them and their impact on curriculum and pedagogy, and encourages us to make whatever adjustments are necessary to make curriculum and pedagogy relevant in the here and now, rather than blindly perpetuating ideas and methods in their entirety which are removed from our present reality.
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