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Zachary Said:
is there a power point presentation of chapter 5 from the book integrating technology into teaching?We Answered:
it would help to know the authorCourtney Said:
what are the reasons of integrating technology into teaching?We Answered:
To promote independent learning,To supplement the face-to-face teaching,
To provide an 'asynchronous' environment. (The learners/students have the opportunity to deal with things in their own time),
To accomodate those with different learning styles and personalty types. (Extroverts are good on the cut-and-thrust, introverts benefit from quietly reflecting on things.), and
To create a collection of materials that can be shared and repurposed.
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What is Progressivism???Identify the traditional view of teaching technology of the classrrom??We Answered:
What is Progressivism?Progressivism
"He who considers wealth a good thing can never bear to give up his income; he who considers eminence a good thing can never bear to give up his fame. He who has a taste for power can never bear to hand over authority to others. Holding tight to these things, such men shiver with fear; should they let them go, they would pine in sorrow. They never stop for a moment of reflection, never cease to gaze with greedy eyes — they are men punished by Heaven."
—Chuang Tzu
Whose Interests Does Progressivism Represent?
Progressivism is a political movement that represents the interests of ordinary people in their roles as taxpayers, consumers, employees, citizens, and parents. To coin a phrase, progressivism champions government "of the people, by the people, for the people."
Given this mission, one might expect all democracies to be made up predominantly of one or another Progressive parties.
Unfortunately, this isn't the case.
Why Aren't All Democracies Progressive?
Economic elites emerge in every society and invariably seek to promote their own interests, all too often against those of taxpayers, consumers, employees, citizens, and parents. By definition, economic elites enjoy greater wealth, and therefore influence, than the ordinary citizen, and they typically attempt to exploit these advantages politically, using them as leverage to obtain still greater wealth and influence. And since the desire for wealth and power is rarely satisfied, there tend to be recurring cycles of concentrated political and economic power, together with the corruption that always attends these. One such cycle of corruption was seen in the United States around the turn of the 20th century, culminating in the economic crash of 1929. At the turn of the 21st century, the US is in the midst of another. (For a briefing on the economic elitist makeup of the cabinet of the Bush presidency, follow this link.)
Where Do Progressives Fall on the Political Spectrum?
Progressives are typically portrayed in the corporate mass media as being "far left," and yet this characterization is misleading. It should never be forgotten that virtually the whole of the mass media are owned by the ultrawealthy, and objective studies have shown, for example, that corporate representatives outnumber labor representives in the mass media by enormous margins (on the order of 27 to 1).
Thus, the impression that Progressives are "far left" arises largely because the elitist mass media simplistically, and falsely, portrays American politics as being a one-dimensional split between "liberals" and "conservatives." In fact, American politics are far more complex, and can't be properly understood unless we add (at least) one more dimension: elitism vs. populism. When we do add this additional dimension, it becomes clearer that many self-styled "conservatives" are in fact ultrawealthy economic elitists who have little in common with cultural conservatives or cultural liberals, and that their distance from the political center is much greater by far than the distance of Progressives, whose views, when accurately represented, are far more mainstream than those of virtually any elitist. (See the linked diagram for the true political spectrum.) Indeed, polls have shown that many of the most important Progressive goals are endorsed by large majorities of the American populace on both the left and the right (as high as 95%).
This misportrayal of Progressivism has been intentionally cultivated because US economic elites typically seek to exploit highly emotional "wedge" issues on which cultural conservatives and cultural liberals differ most, so as to elicit the political and economic support of cultural conservatives. For this reason, it has become customary for pseudoconservative elitist politicians to pose as strong backers of American values. Yet sadly, when this type of individual is elected, cultural liberals and cultural conservatives both lose out, and the most fundamental American values are undermined.
For example, pseudoconservative elitist George Bush has portrayed himself as a champion of education. However, a general rule of thumb is that real political priorities, as opposed to political posturing, can be judged by what a president spends money on; and this president has done nothing to increase funding for education. Instead, he has cut taxes (primarily among the wealthy) that might have funded such increases, shifted remaining spending to "defense," which benefits conservative investors and underwrites aggressive foreign policy adventures for the sake of large corporations, and sent out his wife, and posed for photo opportunities himself, so as to present himself as the champion he falsely claims to be. To choose another example, he has talked a great deal about imaginary jobs while millions of real American jobs have been exported to other countries, all to benefit his wealthy friends. He has talked about the value and importance of hard work, even as he has sought to strip millions of Americans of overtime pay.
Few Americans would endorse Bush's actual policies on these issues, and a great many others, if they were better informed concerning them, while few Americans would find much to object to in the typical platform of Progressive candidates.
Summary
In general Progressivism stands most truly at the opposite pole from economic elitism, and has enjoyed its greatest support and successes precisely when the injustice, exploitation, arrogance, and greed of economic elites become intolerable — to both liberals and conservatives alike.
Further Reading Concerning Progressivism
For further details concerning Progressivism, we recommend The World of Hope: Progressives and the Struggle for an Ethical Public Life, by David B. Danbom. This study emphasizes the connection between Progressivism, core American values, and the difficulties confronting attempts to bring those values to bear on politics in the face of a recalcitrant and corrupting business sector.
(See also: class conflict, democracy, populism, plutocracy, oligarchy, globalization and the links below.)
"What an impressive crowd: the haves, and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my base."
George W. Bush speaking to the audience at an $800 a plate fundraiser.
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Progressivism is a term that refers to a broad school of international social and political philosophies. The term progressive was first widely used in late 19th century America, in reference to a general branch of political thought which arose as a response to the vast changes brought by industrialization, and as an alternative both to the traditional conservative response to social and economic issues and to the various more or less radical streams of socialism and anarchism which opposed them. Political parties such as the American Progressive Party organized at the start of the 20th century, and progressivism made great strides under American presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.[1]
Progressivism historically advocates the advancement of workers' rights and social justice. The progressives were early proponents of anti-trust laws and the regulation of large corporations and monopolies, as well as government-funded environmentalism and the creation of National Parks and Wildlife Refuges.