I just caught something in the Washington Post. Jay Mathews, a writer for the Post, has a column called Class Struggle, which delves into education issues. Recently, he asked what the best education blogs are. Now, I can’t say I read Mathews columns with any sort of regularity. Indeed, I only recall reading it once or twice.
But I would have to imagine that education blogs are about the education business, with topics like vouchers, educating in poor neighborhoods, and so forth, being common topics. The actual act of educating is not discussed much, which is rather amazing. The closest analogy I can think of this is a newsgrou, which I recall was devoted to fitness and bodybuilding. However, most of the discussion centered on performance enhancing drugs, which, while relevant, seemed to miss the central point.
Similar, pedagogy seems to be a topic that’s rarely discussed. Articles dance around the act of educating, and focus on the infrastructure of education.
I wonder how hard it would be to simply blog about education and educating.
