In this article, we seek to identify the problems in common educational practice and the ideas that serve as their basis. We treat two contrasting approaches in the classroom: teaching as entertainment and the hard school. Through our analysis, we explore the purpose of education and discuss the long-term effects of viewing schooling through the prism of entertainment. Though applicable throughout the curriculum, our discussion focuses on ideas and experiences relating to our classroom experience in the liberal arts, specifically within historical studies at the secondary level. While taking a critical approach, we also provide a possible solution in line with our argument.
Miller et al. (Sat,) studied this question.