JEFFREY AARON SNYDER: What is Education For?

1. STEM education

1.1. prepares for work but does not influence people into participating poltically

1.1.1. leads to economic and social inequality because of the lack of poloitical participation

1.1.2. Snyder asks the question what can we do to convince the public that political participation is also a necesity in schooling to prepare for the work force

2. Balanced

2.1. Civic Responsibilities

2.1.1. This means teaching students to participate in democracy, make informed decisions, and understand their rights and responsibilities as citizens.

2.2. Economics

3. Vocational Education

3.1. Prepare Students for Job Market

3.2. Shaped the workforce

3.3. Reinforcing racial inequalities

3.4. Need for U.S. students to compete globally

4. Restates what Allen is talking about

4.1. Vocational Paradigm

4.2. Gravely concerned about the vision of education being reduced to the bottom line

4.3. participatory readiness

5. Alleviating Economic Inequalities

5.1. Economic Growth

5.1.1. Competitiveness

5.1.2. Unemployment

5.1.3. Inflation/Deflation

6. Development of social resposibility, empathy and critical thinking.