PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTS ON

EDUCATION

THE MODERN CONCEPTIONS

OF EDUCATION
MODERN CONCEPTIONS OF EDUCATION

Modern Concept of Education is learner-centered.

 The learner occupies the central place in the education
process.
 Modern concept of education means to develop the inherent
capacities of the learner in the social environment in the
best possible manner.
 The old curriculum was subject centered whereas the
modern concept of curriculum is activity centered because it
emphasizes development of a total personality i.e.,
physical, intellectual, emotional and social aspects of
personality of the learner.
 School was the only agency of education according to old
concept but according to modern concept of education, all
formal and informal agencies are the base of education.
1. Education for Rich, Full Life
 Aim/s.
Italian: Development of a liberal man who would be able to
appreciate the past as well as enjoy the present.
Northern: Rich and full life for the society as a whole.
 Types :Literary , Esthetic, Practical, Social, Moral, Religious,
 Contents:
3 things of the world (World of the past
Subjective world of grammar, rhetoric and mathematics.)
Biblical Literature
 Agencies
Secondary Schools, Grammar Schools, University
 Organization
Boys Attend school while girls study at home under tutors.
 Methods
Text Study to replace lecture
Written Themes replaced oral disposition
Self-Expression
Double translation
2. Literary Realism
A literary movement thatt depicts reality as it is in actual life by depicting ordinary,
everyday occurances. It typhycally depicts the middle and lower classes of society, with
familiar people, places and tales. Instead of dramatizing or romanticizing a narrative, literacy
realism strives to present it as realitically as possible.
Aim/s
To have a complete knowledge and understanding of the human society.
 Types
Literary
Practical
Liberal
 Contents
Encyclopedic
 Agencies
Family (Vives)
Private teacher (Rabelais)
Academy (Milton)
 Method
Individual Difference (Vives)
Incidental Study ways to be made pleasant & attractive
3. Social Realism

Reactions against a type of education that produces scholars and professional men
to the neglect of the man of practice.
 
Aim/s

To prepare the aristocratic youth for the life of a gentlemen in the world of affairs.
Types : Practical, Social, Physical, Moral, Intellectual
Contents : History, Philosophy, Language
Agencies

Academy
Private Tutorial System
Organization

Direct Social Contacts

Emphasized understanding and
judgement.
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4 Sense Realism
Sense Realism was based on the fundamental belief that knowledge
comes primarily through the senses.
Aim/s

To prepare the young for the concrete duties of actual and practical
living in the material of the universe.
 Types

Practical, Scientific, Liberal, Democratic

Content

Comprehensive Curriculum
Agencies

-Comenius School
-School of Mother’s knees (Infancy)
-Vernacular School (sensory training) 7-12 Yrs.
-Latin School (for understanding and
organization of information) 13-18 yrs.
-University or tertiary education 19-24 yrs.
 Method

Inductive method
Things thought-words
Nature Method
 
5. Education as formal Discipline

Education as Training of Faculties. ... In the phrase "formal discipline" as applied to this
conception, "discipline" refers both to the outcome of trained power and to the method of
training through repeated exercise
Aim/s

To train mind through rigorous exercise in order to develop intellectual capacities and form
specific habits.
Types

Physical Vigor of the body, Intellectual-mental power, Moral and wise conduct
Contents

Drill Subjects: Spelling, arithmetic, and grammar

Agencies

Elementary, Secondary
Organization

Tutorial System
Method

Law of habit formation

3 distinct steps: sensation, memory, reasoning
Drill
Praise and censure
6. Rationalism
Rationalism is the philosophical view that knowledge is acquired through reason,
without the aid of the senses.

Aim/s
To free the individual intellect from all repression
Types
Intellectual
Social
Contents
Philosophy, science, art, social refinement
Ethics morality
Agencies
Self-Education
Methods
Sensationalism and Disciplinism
Critical analysis
7. Education in Harmony with Nature
Naturalism in education stands for the doctrine of “follow nature” in education. It wants all
education to be in strict conformity with the nature of the child. It stands for complete
freedom to be given to the child in learning.
Aim/s

To develop the individual in accordance with the laws of nature/human development.

 Types : Holistic Education
 Contents :Nature phenomena consisted of the budding

activities and interests of the pupil’s own nature

 Agencies :Family, Tutors
Organization

Infancy or savage stage- birth to 5 yrs.

Childhood or stage of savory - 5 to 12 yrs.
Boyhood or stage of solitude – 12 to 15 yrs.
Adolescence or social being – 15 -20 yrs. And onwards
Methods

Modern principles of teaching: group activity and individuality

Order of Nature: need, activity experience, knowledge
8. Education for Patriotic Citizenship

Refers to educational programmes/curricula for and about nationalism, aiming at

cultivating people's knowledge about the nation state and instilling a sense of national
identity, patriotism and loyalty to the nation state.
Aim/s

To develop military preparedness and aggressiveness for the

preservation and glorification of the state.
Types

Secular, Civic, Physical health training, Vocational, Universal,

Compulsory, Free common
 Contents

Social Studies
Agencies

Public school
Organization

3 level system
Centralized
Comprehensive
 Methods

Adopted all methods tested and proven safe, practical and efficient
9. Education as Psychological Development

Involves the study of how people learn,including teaching methods, instructional

process, and individual differences in learning.
 Aims
To direct and control growth and development through appropriate
educational procedures.
  Types
Intellectual, Moral, Industrial, Creative, Dynamic
 Contents
3R’s science, play, drawing, etc.
 Agencies
All existing institutions
 Organization
Kinder Garten, Primary, High school, College
 Methods
Principles of: pupil activity, interest, apperception,
concentration, correlation, self-activity, socialization,
recapitulation, readiness, exercise and effect.
10. Education as a scientifically Determined Process

It is a strategy or process for studying and learning about the world through science inquiry, as well as
improving teaching learning for students in order to provide a high quality educational experience that
motivates them.
Aims
To make education a science. Science education that enable individual to use scientific process skills, define
problems to analysis, to hypothesis, to experiment, to conclude, to generalized and to apply the information.
Types
Utilitarian, Liberal/cultural, Universal/democratic
Contents
Science (core subject)
Agencies
Elementary, Secondary, Technical
Organizations
Provision for individual differences
Method
Experimental problem solving
Scientific method
Research
 
11. Social Traditionalism

It involves respecting and upholding gtraditional values, mkorality,norms, and practices of one’s own
social group. also includes active resistance to changing traditional values, morality, norms, and
practices.See education as an important ,but morals and values are more important.
Aims

To give insights into one’s social inheritance, into the ideals,

institutions, conditions and customs of society.
Types

Social, Vocational, Recreational, Sex education/parental education,

Universal, Compulsory
Contents : Social Studies, Co-curricular Activities
Agencies: Schools, PTA, NGO’s ,

Public lectures, motion pictures and programs

Organization :

Centralized, supported and supervised by the

government
Methods

Social Communication, cooperation and service

Social Groupings
Socialized school management
12. Social Experimentalism

Aim/s
To prepare for a progressive rebuilding of social order
Types
Intellectual, Civic, Vocational
Contents
Social Studies
Agencies
Free public school system
Organization
Democratic School organization
Faculty and student councils
Methods
Social guidance
Recognition of rights of others
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