Filling The Pail

Filling The Pail

Deconstructing the education faculty

Social constructivism and the rituals of teacher education

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Greg Ashman
Jul 28, 2025
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I often point to the influence of thinkers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Paulo Freire on the education faculties that train our future teachers. When I do, I am frequently met with the claim that these figures are not explicitly studied, their works are not set texts and the teacher educators who are supposed to espouse their beliefs don’t even know…

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