What is One Voice is saying? with all those big words that seem to be something to confuse teachers and could probably be used to control teachers and their lesson plans and subject matter.?
Go to www.elementalethics.com and read and wonder what does it mean.
A paragraph from the One Voice Charter:
Rather it was started and self-funded by a small group of intentional people. Who believe that the answers to the nagging questions about today’s educational status quo— are best answered by the real experts, meaning the educators themselves, as opposed to politician or those who finance them.
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A critical examination of the above paragraph from the One Voice Charter.
“Rather (used to indicate one’s preference in a particular matter) it [One Voice] was started and self-funded (This is foolish-can it be otherwise?) by a small group of intentional people (Who are these Intentional people?: Intention means they done it on purposed and deliberate. This is ludicrous.) Who believe that the answers to the nagging questions about today’s educational status quo— (Why don’t they just say: The existing state of affairs) are best answered by the real experts, meaning the educators themselves, as opposed to politician or those(Who are those?) who finance them. (This sentence It implies that “those” are plotting a conspiracy that is not in the best interest of the teachers. students and the community)
The One Voice paragraph is, in the opinion of the critic, improper and, not in accordance with the accepted rules and standards of honesty. It does not show proper respect for teachers/educators and Parents.
Go to One Voice at or www.elementalethics.com and read and wonder what does it mean.
From a critic of One Voice:
“The author(s) of this attempt at obvious obfuscation are basically chasing their tails. It literally doesn’t really mean anything. Interpersonal communications, or speaking to one another in a manner easily understandable and actually communicating an idea or knowledge is what teachers do. I mean “Classroom Communities of Speech and Emancipatory Pedagogy and Praxis” ***??? Was this written by, attorneys? psychologists? Congress? Class room communities of speech is almost oxymoronic. It’s a load of crap and seems to be something to confuse teachers and administrators and could probably be used to control teachers and their lesson plans and subject matter. It is deliberately written in a jargon that the controllers of education understand perfectly, but not the teachers or the parents. The One Voice Charter is compose is double speak i.e. deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or obscure language : the art of political doublespeak.”
A critic of The One Voice Charter:
“I can certainly see why you’re concerned. I think it reads like a syllabus for a course in an Education degree plan, in effect, a course for students who are trying to become teachers.
Unfortunately, it was written by one of those B.S. artists who dominate sales offices, public relations firms and government. Maybe it’s part of that whole “No Child Left Behind” cult.”
The One Voice Charter.
This paper represents a segment of discovery observed through dissertation research.
1 The current focus, herein, specifically conveys the vital need for a pedagogy of language that enables educators as well as students to negotiate Self and Other through communication and dialogue within a
unique speech community formed in classroom dynamics. More precisely, a gap exists demonstrating the
lack of vision in recognizing that educators are Interpersonal Communicative Practitioners within
classroom communities of speech. This absence of understanding the critical role of communicative
connection is reflected in classrooms around this country from K-12, and within colleges and universities.
Most disastrous, is the loss of opportunities to improve educational and social inequities through effective
communication practices and action. The breadth of research investigated crosses all academic
disciplines; with a concentration on communicative studies, sociology of language, education theories,
cultural, critical, race, sex-gender studies, as well as emancipatory pedagogy and praxis. The topic is
much too vast for a comprehensive discussion herein. Therefore, fundamental research and experiential
knowledge concerning the role of educators as Interpersonal Communicative Practitioners is
demonstrated. Pivotal areas include: Understanding and Negotiating Self and Other, Ritual of Social
Interaction, Classroom Communities of Speech and Emancipatory Pedagogy and Praxis.
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The One Voice Institute of Elemental Ethics and Education is an organization with
a mission: to facilitate positive, critical change in educational processes and
policies in 2008 and beyond.
