John Locke, Jean Rousseau and Immanuel Kant Contribution

on Education

Another Philosopher under realism is John Locke and He believes about

TABULA RASA meaning that our mind is a blank slate upon birth so we don’t
know a thing upon birth. We acquire knowledge through experiences as we
grow. He believed that, it is educator’s responsibility to instruct children in
developing habits to be virtuous. His another idea focuses on the structure of
academic curriculum. That the subject’s children should be educated in should
be useful enough in everyday life.
Jean Jacques Rousseau a contemporary Naturalist. In His book EMILE is a
book on how Rousseau would educated an imaginary boy. His educational
program focused on encouraging the students to play in nature and develop
their interest and discouraged from reading books.
For Immanuel Kant’s view, having a good moral character is the most
important thing in adult life and so it should be necessarily for child’s life.
Formation of the character as precondition for almost anything that can
happen in education.
John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Kant improve the present
situation and create more progressive future. Children were naturally good and
educators should base instruction on the learner’s interests and needs. The
purpose of education is to spread and preserve from one generation to the next
generation.