A COMMUNITY MODEL FOR DEVELOPING REPRESENTATIVE EDUCATIONAL INTENT
Open Access
Author:
Mignogna, Matthew James
Area of Honors:
Learning, Design, and Technology
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type:
Thesis
Thesis Supervisors:
Kyle Leonard Peck, Thesis Supervisor Dr. Richard Alan Carlson, Thesis Honors Advisor
Keywords:
education community development educational intent american history model of educational intent local education development
Abstract:
Why is education offered, what is its goal, and whom does it serve? I address these
questions by examining “educational intent,” a phrase I coined to mean the reasons for which
education has been provided. Part I of this thesis examines the educational intent of several
education systems in early American history, illustrating (1) that educational intents can be
designed in controlling and self-serving ways, and (2) what negative effects can result from such
educational intents. Part II of this thesis offers a model for developing better educational intent
that is both appropriate for and representative of its local community.