“Today’s episode presents a critique of continuing education courses for educators, arguing that they are outdated and fail to address the current realities of the education system and the needs of marginalised individuals. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, themself a special education teacher who identifies as autistic and trans, contends that these courses perpetuate systems of exclusion by not acknowledging diverse ways of thinking and being, specifically the experiences of neurodivergent individuals and gestalt language processors. Furthermore, Dr. Hoerricks highlights the structural dismantling of public education through political and judicial actions, asserting that current training prepares educators to manage decline rather than resist the forces threatening the system and the people within it. They emphasise that true preparation requires a radical reimagining of educational and societal structures, centring those currently at the margins and challenging the foundational principles of capitalism and credentialism. Ultimately, Dr. Hoerricks calls for rewriting the narrative of education and creating space for excluded voices and experiences.”
Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/preparing-for-yesterdays-problems
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