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Philosophical Perspective of Education
Philosophical Perspective of Education
AND EDUCATION
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PHILOSOPHY
● Greek word
● Philos means: love
● Sophia mean: wisdom
● Means search for reality and truth.
● Or the fundamental nature of knowledge,
reality, and existence especially when
considered as academic discipline.
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EDUCATION
● Education is the process of receiving and or giving systematic
instruction,especially at a school or university
Or
● Education is the process of influencing, convincing and
converting.
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Branches of philosophy
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Philosophy is dependent on Education
● Education provide base for the creation of philosophy
● Educator as transmitter or propagator.
● Education give birth to new ideas.
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● Both philosophy and Education is interrelated.
● They sharply influence each other.
● Philosophy is contemplative in nature while education is an active
process.
● Education without philosophy is blind and philosophy without
education is invalid.
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Both philosophy and education are interrelated
● Philosophy is theory and education is practice.
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PHILOSOPHY EDUCATION
It is antoart
● Education follows those
Gives direction
●
education by certain Education follows those directions and
guidelines directions and guidelines
guidelines
● It is contemplative side ● It is a science
It is an art and it is contemplative side It is the science and it is the practical side
● It is the practical side
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Expert views
● John Dewey: “ Philosophy may be defined as the theory of
education in its most general phase.”
● Spencer: “True education is practicable only to true philosophers”.
● Gentile: “Education without philosophy would mean a failure to
understand the precise nature of education”.
● Dewey: “Education is a laboratory in which philosophical
distinction
s become concrete and are tested”.
● Fichte: “The aim of education will never attain complete clearness
without philosophy”.
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