My philosophy on education generally, however, is not about the promotion of 'traditional' practices (in so far as these can be categorised).
I've left a reader's comment on Greg Ashman's posting 'Destroying the Death Star is only the beginning':
https://gregashman.wordpress.com/2015/1 ... beginning/
Greg writes:
Do read Greg's full post - it is not long!...I don’t tend to write much about traditionalism versus progressivism in education. I tend to favour explicit teaching of a body of knowledge but, in some people’s minds, ‘traditionalism’ also means corporal punishment and selection. I don’t argue for these.
However, the education debate on social media does tend to divide into these two broad categories and so they serve a useful distinction. There is nothing intrinsically political about this. Instead of seeing it as conservatives versus liberals, it is much more accurate to portray the discussion as the enlightenment arguing with the romantics. It is clearly the traditionalists who have science on their side and the progressives who are most likely to reject science as a basis for understanding education....
Greg's blog is well worth a visit.