Editorial note: This lecture, organized and sponsored by the Keimyung Graduate School of Early Childhood Education and the Daegu & Gyeongbuk Division of Korean Society for Early Childhood Education, was given by Dr. Daniel J. Walsh (Curriculum & Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) on Oct. 23 at Hengso Museum. The Gazette carries the lecture in three parts.The Language of the Simple Things of LifeThe philosopher Richard Rorty (1989) once asked the eloquently simple question, “Who are we?” When he asked this question, he was referring to countries in Europe during the World
Editorial note: This lecture, organized and sponsored by the Keimyung Graduate School of Early Childhood Education and the Daegu & Gyeongbuk Division of Korean Society for Early Childhood Education, was given by Dr. Daniel J. Walsh (Curriculum & Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) on Oct. 23 at Hengso Museum. The Gazette carries the lecture in three parts.Culture Both teaching and research are done in culture. We are immersed in culture. We are, before all else, cultural beings.Culture itself is both local and general. Culture is local in that it varies from group to group
Editorial note: This lecture, organized and sponsored by the Keimyung Graduate School of Early Childhood Education and the Daegu & Gyeongbuk Division of Korean Society for Early Childhood Education, was given by Dr. Daniel J. Walsh (Curriculum & Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) on Oct. 23 at Hengso Museum. The Gazette carries the lecture in three parts.“I do well with the simple things of daily life. Those things are my language. Do you understand? My language is that one [the language of the simple things of daily life]. That one I manage well. With that one I am perfe