philosophy and education

PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION

Introduction:

                    Philosophy and education are interdependent.  Philosophy tells the goals and essential of goal life.  Educations tell the means to achieve those goals and learn the essentials of good life.  According to Adam “Education is the dynamic side of philosophy.  Education is a social process.  It in compasses the whole human life”. 

Meaning of philosophy:

           Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values reason, mind and language.  Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing these questions by its critical generally, systematic approach.  Philosophy comes from the Greek “Philosophia”. While laterally translates to ‘love of wisdom’.  A synonym of philosophy is the “Philalethia” which translate as “love of truth”.

        Etymologically the word philosophy is derived form the Greek words “philo” means “love” and “Sophia” means “wisdom” and collected which gives the meaning to “love of wisdom” wisdom is not the same tings as knowledge.  It is more than discovers knowledge wisdom includes knowledge and goes beyond it to find relationship and to discover implication some people regard it as intellectual luxury but, in fact it is life’s necessary it helps us to understand the significances of all human experience and activity.

Definition of Philosophy:

      “Philosophy like other studies, aims primary at knowledge”

                                                                                                -Bertrand Russell.

     “Philosophy is the mother of all arts and true medicine of mind”

                                                                                                 -Cicero

Meaning of Education:

                                                The word ‘Education’ has been interpreted in various ways the following are the different interpretations given to education.

·         Etymological meaning of education the word education is derived from the Latin roots as under.

1.       EDUCATUM means to Train act of teaching or training.

2.       EDUCERE means to lead out to draw out.

3.       EDUCARE means to bring up, to rise, and to educate.

                         The Latin words Education means to train ‘E’ to lead out or to bring out.  To compaine the two we come to mean as to draw from within.  To mean that education is a process which draws from within.  To be clear such child is born with some innate tendencies, capacities and inherent powers.  Education is to draw out theses powers out and develop them to the full.  Latin words’Educare’ and ‘Educere’ also mean the same thing to bring up, to lead out and to develop etc.  In this way, the word education means to develop inborn qualities of the child to the full.

Definition of Education:

     According to T. Raymond “Education is the process of development in which consists the passage of human being from infancy to maturity, the process whereby he adopts himself gradually in various ways it his physical social and spiritual environment.

“Education is the manifestation of perfection already reached in man”

                                                                                                                 Vivekananda.

“Education is a process by which the child makes the internal external”

                                                                                                   -Froebel

Functions of Education:

·         Progressive development of innate powers

·         Psychologically speaking each child is endowed with some inherent  tendencies as love,

Affection, curiosity, reasoning imagination and self-respect.

·         Almost all educations agree that the first function of education is to develop these inborn

Capacities

·         All round development of personality:

·         The second important function of educations is the total development of individual personality.

·         This development goes the devotion and pursuits of the highest ideals namely, truth, beauty and goodness, ultimately resulting in self-realization.

·         It may be noted that total development of personality includes the physical mental social development

·         Character formation of moral development:

        Another important function is to develop moral qualities is the individual and build his character as a matter of facts.  It is the basic instincts which go to form and individual character.

·         The fourth function of education is to build as strong moral character of the child by moulding and sibling his basic instincts.

·         Preparation for adult life;

·         The child of today is a citizen of tomorrow.  Hence it is the fifth function of education to prepare a child for his future life.

·         In other words education develops such abilities and capacities in the child that as the grow s orders, he is able to confront the problems of life courageously and solve them successfully.

·         Inculcation of social feelings:

·         An individual is integrally related to society.  This is became an individual develops himself in and through the society in which he lives.

·         Education alone can do this job.  The school environment and social activities in the school develop this social feeling and spirit of social service children.

·         Other social qualities as love fellow feeling, Kindness, co-operation, tolerance, sympathy by education and education alone.

Aim of education:

1.       The individual aim of education

·         The individual aims at the training and perfection of the individual.

·         The individual should be trained to realize himself.

2.       Social aim of education:

·         Education is concerned with social good social efficiency and citizen ship qualities

·         It makes the individual to know his part in the community.

3.       Vocational aim of education:

·         Education imparted should be such that every pupil is trained to contribute to the social good.

·         The pupil should be trained to become economically self-sufficient.

4.       The cultural aim of education;

      Cultural aim is the total behavioral pattern of the society.  It is transmitted from one generation to the other spiritual refinement should be the main target od education in addition to the activity of imbibing the culture.

Scope of Educational Philosophy;

• Educational philosophy helps to analyses the meaning and significance of the term education.
• It has the aim and objectives of education as the content of philosophy.
• It has the curriculum of subject matter of education.
• There are several methods of education.
• In this philosophical ideals are put in to action.