Educational Aims, Objectives, and Other Aspirations

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In this episode I unpack Eisner’s (2002) publication titled “Educational aims, objectives, and other aspirations,” which problematizes behavioral education objectives and discuss two alternative approaches.

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00:00 Intro

01:22 What are behavior objectives?

05:42 The roots of behavioral objectives

07:52 What led to the industrialization of education?

09:26 Perspectives on the industrialization of education

11:17 Interesting that the education didn't adopt this corporate system

12:02 Children are not inert objects

16:05 A problem with behavioral learning objectives

17:05 A 2nd problem with behavioral learning objectives

18:46 A third critique of behavioral learning objectives

22:36 Rethinking education by rethinking art

23:51 Problem-solving learning objectives

28:05 Expressive outcomes

29:43 Education without a learning objective?

31:57 Preventing educational burnout

33:55 A shift from learning to performance objectives

35:54 Perhaps we should focus on areas other than objectives

39:36 Lingering questions + thoughts

39:42 What does your school's curriculum focus on: behavioral objectives, problem-solving objectives, or expressive outcomes?

40:33 In what ways do(n’t) standardized educational objectives align with equity-based pedagogies?

41:01 Is there a correlation between politicians with industry/business/military backgrounds and voting for performance based objectives?

41:40 Outro