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Name: DEMIE S. ATIENZA

Subject: ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION (IRM – 503)
Professor: Dr. Rosalyn S. Galvez
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Journal Philosophy of Education: A Tool for National Development Journal
Citation: 942
Article Title Impact Factor
Godwin Abiogu
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Open Journal of Philosophy, 2014,4,372-377

Published Online August 2014 in SciRes.
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Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oipp.2014.43040 Article Type Review Article
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Article The paper is true to its nature on the exposition on the theoretical and practical relevance of
Summary educational philosophy to national development. Many of the philosophical ideas and cited literature were
enumerated and presented in this journal that would show the connection of philosophy of Education to the
national development. The definition of Philosophy, the nexus between philosophy and philosophy of
education, the development for man as human person, the role of philosophy of education in national
development as to the man’s thinking capacity;pursuit for wisdom; means of good life; formulation of
educational policy; and the learner – teacher educational practice were explained.
On those basis the following were drawn: philosophy of education practitioners should ally to
translate educational theories to practice, philosophers of education should not know less that as positive
ideas can make a nation rich, negative ideas can greatly impoverish a nation and even destroy its legacy
which have been built over years and nothing deters the development of a nation more than the erroneous
belief, that success can come the way of its citizens without hardwork.
The paper also attempted to demonstrate that philosophy of education is relevant to national
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Name: DEMIE S. ATIENZA
Subject: ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION (IRM – 503)
Professor: Dr. Rosalyn S. Galvez
development. It is also stated that it contended to aver that the aims and objectives of education are to bring
about civilized human being and societies of men and women. If philosophy of education is to be relevant in
the development of any form, it should take into great consideration its relevance to men and the practice of
education, since men and education are central elements of development as explained in this paper.

Philosophy of Education: A Tool for National Development? In published in an open journal of

philosophy in 2014. The author, Godwin Abiogu presented his paper through an article review. I said an
article review because as we all know articles are classified mostly as original research, rapid
Critical communications, case studies, methodologies and article review. The way the author attacked his paper is
Analysis by presenting a comprehensive review and connecting the collections of related literatures on philosophy,
philosophy of education and national development.
Although the journal is a presentation of comprehensive review of several related literatures, it was
clearly shown the relationship of philosophy of education as the arm of a national development.

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