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John Taylor Gatto Talks About Leadership Education To Publications / Articles - John Taylor Gatto Talks About Leadership Education

Posted 6/21/19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgNOellI03w&ct=t()
John Taylor Gatto
14 Principles of Elite Private Schools
I received a newsletter from LDS Home Educators Association with the link to this and a couple of other videos. Joyce Kinmont calls the principles John Taylor Gatto presents in this talk “The Hidden-in-Plain-Sight Curriculum,” and states that this curriculum creates leadership. Here is a summary of that information:

  1. A study of the theory of human nature—what makes people tick? To gain this knowledge, you need to study history, philosophy, theology, literature, and law.
  2. Strong experience with active literacies (writing and public speaking)--They are given consistent opportunities to speak in front of an audience they don't know, and they write daily.
  3. They learn about the major institutional forms—courts, corporations, military, etc.
  4. Repeated exercises in forms of good manners, politeness, and civility as these are the basis for all future relationships and alliances.
  5. Independent work—Public school teachers are in charge of filling 80% of the students' time. In these schools, this number is switched (about 20% of their time is filled by teachers).
  6. Energetic physical sports—confers grace = power & money later on in life. It also helps them deal with handling pain and emergencies.
  7. They are given complete access to workplace or people as mentors or for information instead of just textbooks. Teach them how to access the people they need.
  8. Responsibility—care for animals, clean school, community service, leadership opportunities in clubs.
  9. Personal code of honor—production, behavior, morality.
  10. Familiarity with master creations in art, music, dance, architecture, literature, and drama.
  11. Power of accurate observation & recording. (Sounds like Pyramid Project to me!)
  12. Ability to deal with challenges of all sorts, i.e. Shy child = public speaking opportunities to challenge them.
  13. Develop a habit of caution in reasoning to conclusions.
  14. Constant development in testing of judgment—make judgments, discriminate value, follow up on predictions to see what actually occurs.

Gatto says that this is the schooling that many of our former presidential candidates have received, even if they don't follow some of the standards anymore. It sounds a lot like TJEd to me!