The Application of Jung's Analytical Psychology to Education |
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| Authors: | Paul Shaker |
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| Institution: | Mount Union College , Ohio |
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| Abstract: | In a democracy, education needs to be popular if it is to be effective; it must be engaging as well as accessible. Current bureaucratic reform proposals overlook the need to address the way curriculum experience is contextualized and shaped in the individual school. This paper seeks to throw light on the realization of popular education as a school‐based activity by drawing a parallel with the making of cultural artifacts that both entertain and enlighten. By examining in detail the 1942 film Casablanca‐‐the creative process that fashioned it and the institutional character of the Warner Bros studio that produced it‐‐it is argued that coherent curriculum experiences result not from deterministic models of rationality, but from a naturalistic approach that focuses on the deliberative solution of practical problems. Analogies are drawn with the curriculum writings of Joseph Schwab and with the management precepts of W. Edwards Deming. |
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