Even Repeated, Lies about Public Education STAY Lies

Autor/in	Starnes, Bobby Ann
Titel	Even Repeated, Lies about Public Education STAY Lies
Quelle	In: Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 72 (2006) 4, S.13-17 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-127X
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Federal Legislation; Public Education; Program Effectiveness; Policy Analysis; Ethics; Phenomenology; Social Theories; Personal Narratives; Figurative Language; Deception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bundesrecht; Öffentliche Erziehung; Politikfeldanalyse; Ethik; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Gesellschaftstheorie; Erlebniserzählung; Täuschung
Abstract	In this article, the author discusses "Wiki-ality" and "truthiness"--notions that explain a lot about life in the 21st century. Both words were coined by Stephen Colbert, an American comedian and actor. Colbert coined the word "Wiki-ality" based on Wikipedia, a popular online encyclopedia which seems far more concerned with quantity and democratic fact-making than accuracy. Colbert thinks the real world should work like Wiki-world. That is, truth should be determined by consensus rather than fact. After all, he points out, "if enough people believe something, it must be true." Truthiness and Wiki-ality seem to be everywhere. The children are doomed--because people agree that they are. The schools are failing--because people are told over and over that they are. The trouble with Wiki-ality is that it assumes that there is no true knowledge and that anyone who believes himself or herself an expert is one. The Bush Administration assumed the same thing when it created No Child Left Behind. The experts they forgot to consult--the real experts with real-world knowledge--were teachers. Because of that, no matter how "truthiesque" the name, children are being left behind, and tests--not the schools--are failing. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10