Worldview Conflicts in Education: Revisiting “The Closing of the American Mind”

Worldview Conflicts in Education: Revisiting “The Closing of the American Mind”: When I was teaching regularly in the university classroom, I often gave extra credit on the final exam if students could identify the appropriate references or origins for “make bricks without straw,” “eyeless in Gaza, ” “cast the first stone,” or “the Prodigal Son” to name a few. I am sure you would not be surprised that the explanations from students to these phrases made me cringe as well as laugh out loud; with references to pigs and a wolf, guide dogs and such.