Materialism In Education Chapter 1 Summary

1. What insights have I gained about my role as an educational leader from these chapters?
Within chapter nine we learned about classism. We read about the misperceptions and myths about income, wealth, and poverty. Classism is an attitude, action, or institutional structure that subordinates or limits a person on the basis of his or her low socioeconomic status (p. 233). In chapter twelve we learned about ableism. Within this chapter we learned that disability does not mean inability. Ableism is the determination of an individual’s abilities based on his or her disabilities; any policy or practice promoting the belief that disabled people are inferior to able-bodied persons to justify discrimination against people with disabilities (p.309).
They are young adults striving for a good life, love, and happiness just like everyone else. I would make sure to spread that to my teachers as an administrator. The chapter about ableism is what I see on a daily basis and realize not all teachers deal with it daily. I enjoyed chapter nine because it talked about classism. My eyes weren’t opened until I stepped into my first job in public education. I grew up in a home with two loving parents and a great education. I didn’t realize that there are parents who can’t read, who don’t read to their kids, don’t care about their kids, and even worse abuse them. After reading these chapters it makes you realize that social-class affects students of all ages. It affects what these students have access to in order to gain knowledge. If their parents are not able to pay for support for their kids often time they end up with less education. All students no matter their ability, disability, or socioeconomic class should be treated with respect and receive education. I have no issues with special education. I honestly think regular education classes should run more like a special education class. Set goal, monitor goals, and work on the level they need to obtain the new