Zoe, feeling like that the school is too structured and restricting is not unjust. It is important to understand that the school system of today has been molded after an old …show more content…
Within the article “ A Skinnerian View of Human Freedom,” he discusses how what we consider as freedom is an unconscious response in which we either avoid a possible negative outcome or engage in order to receive a possible reward and what true freedom is, is something much harder to accomplish under these unconscious guidelines (Bennett,1990). However, this leads to another important consideration to remember and that is what path would lead you to a happier life path. One of the things that A.S Neil related to is whether a person would be a happy cleaner or a narcissist doctor which relates to whether you are doing a career you enjoy versus a job in which you are making a great income but, not happy with it. Which can lead to things such as disinterest in what is being taught or the feeling of loss of freedom, and happiness in the classroom. What can happen when the focus on constructivism is used to its best ability is that it can fill the students with the sense of eudaimonia which would occur once the student feels as if they are contributing rather than just another body in the masses, which in turn can help not only the students involved but, the teacher feel a better sense of enjoyment and pride in the learning environment. Within lecture, we were taught about a theorist named Nel Noddings whose focus was on studying the relationship between the ethical and moral connections for teaching. Her work focused on the ethics of care in which talks about how being cared for is a basic in human life and the importance of keeping that fundament going in as many environments in order to great a better learning environment and society in a general as well. Her research also points out that people learn best when they are happy which helps reinforce the idea that constructivism if done on a more daily basis,