Matthew Dewar
English and Wellness Teacher, Lake Forest High School
Matthew earned his M.Ed in Health and Wellness Education and is currently finishing his doctoral dissertation in curriculum theory. His work, which he has presented at regional and national education conferences, explores the philosophical commitments shaping contemporary educational research and curriculum. His main scholarly interest is in addressing the failures of the contemporary social-efficiency model of education. This question guides his work: What are the consequences of an educational system that decides in advance what possibilities an individual will have? The loss of well-being, he believes, is the most significant consequence, a loss driven by a diminished sense of ownership of who we are and what our lives can become. Alternatively, he proposes that authentic education is an exploratory space where individuals are allowed to more freely discover and relate to their own life possibilities.
English and Wellness Teacher, Lake Forest High School
Matthew earned his M.Ed in Health and Wellness Education and is currently finishing his doctoral dissertation in curriculum theory. His work, which he has presented at regional and national education conferences, explores the philosophical commitments shaping contemporary educational research and curriculum. His main scholarly interest is in addressing the failures of the contemporary social-efficiency model of education. This question guides his work: What are the consequences of an educational system that decides in advance what possibilities an individual will have? The loss of well-being, he believes, is the most significant consequence, a loss driven by a diminished sense of ownership of who we are and what our lives can become. Alternatively, he proposes that authentic education is an exploratory space where individuals are allowed to more freely discover and relate to their own life possibilities.