Dr. Richard A. Baer’s guest lecture in "Social and Political Context of American Education" (Education 271/571)
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Baer, Richard A. Jr.
Sipple, John W.
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This video was recorded at a lecture Dr. Baer was invited by Dr. John Sipple to give for the students of Dr. Sipple's course Education 271/571, "Social and Political Context of American Education" in the Department of Global Development at Cornell University.
Lecturer: Dr. Richard A. Baer, Jr. Professor, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University
Introduction: Dr. John W. Sipple, Associate Professor, Department of Global Development
Topics:
The power of the state to compel belief
The use of the word, “sectarian”
Values Clarification and Moral Relativism
“Freedom” and “The Self”
A functional definition of religion
The limits of radical doubting and absolute certainty
The myth of religious neutrality in education
Discussion of educational choice
The failure of the public school system to provide educational fairness
Question and answer period
Lecturer: Dr. Richard A. Baer, Jr. Professor, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University
Introduction: Dr. John W. Sipple, Associate Professor, Department of Global Development
Topics:
The power of the state to compel belief
The use of the word, “sectarian”
Values Clarification and Moral Relativism
“Freedom” and “The Self”
A functional definition of religion
The limits of radical doubting and absolute certainty
The myth of religious neutrality in education
Discussion of educational choice
The failure of the public school system to provide educational fairness
Question and answer period
Date Issued
2005-11-15
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