Date of Award
Fall 2019
Document Type
Thesis Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Transformative Education and Social Change
Committee Chairperson
John Elmore
Committee Member
Paul Morgan
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to lessen aspects of social/political/economic reproduction of society, such as the devaluing of cultural capital and capitalistic self-interest, through urban youth empowerment. In order to do this, we must observe what is causing this reproduction. The points of interest focused on here is the purposeful disconnect between the subjects in school as well as the necrophilic personalities created through the standardization of education and the lack of freedom of choice in the traditional classroom setting. The action plan, therefore is to bridge a connection between the subjects utilizing a shared garden and to use it provide freedom choice in the educational process in a non-traditional / non-standardized classroom setting. A series of workshops, meetings, and peer-to-peer observations will be used to educate the faculty in ways to branch out from their usual methods of instruction and to join forces against the monotony of the fractured / standardized traditional teaching methods. Here, the hope is to give students the chance to have choices, make mistakes, disagree with each other, come to decisions in democratic ways, and to take these lessons into their community where they will be able to make positive change.
Recommended Citation
LeConey, Robert, "REDUCING ASPECTS OF THE SOCIAL/POLITICAL/ECONOMIC REPRODUCTIONOF SOCIETY THROUGH UNDOING THE FRAGMENTED NATURE OF SCHOOL AND BUILDING UP LEADERS WITHIN A SHARED STUDENT DRIVEN GARDEN" (2019). West Chester University Master’s Theses. 167.
https://digitalcommons.wcupa.edu/all_theses/167