Foundations of Education: Definitions, Concepts, and Development
1: Meaning of Education
The word “Education” has been derived from two Latin words: Educare and Educere.
The word Educare means “to bring up” or “to raise.” The word Educere means “to draw out” or “to lead out.”
Q2: Three Definitions of Education
- Education is the process of acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.
- The transfer of knowledge, skills, and information from teachers to students, which is really important about being and becoming an educator.
- Education is a systematic
The Impact of Technology on Communication and Health Rights
Using the Internet
In recent years, technology breakthroughs have emerged so quickly that we have barely had time to adapt. However, young people, especially the youngest ones, have understood these new forms of communication very fast.
They can spend hours on their computers, and moreover, when they are not at home, they can walk on the street while typing on their phones, which could be amazing or scary depending on the beholder.
For them, it’s terrific how quickly they can connect with their friends,
Read MoreUnderstanding Kant’s Concepts of Reason and Knowledge
2) What is the main difference, according to Kant’s explanation, between the concepts of understanding and the ideas of reason? Ideas de Kant
However, according to Kant, reason is not the only faculty that enables intellectual knowledge. Between sensibility (the ability to receive sensory impressions) and reason is the faculty of understanding. According to Kant, only understanding provides true knowledge because, through its judgments, it connects concepts (mental objects) with sense impressions
Read MoreNietzsche’s Core Concepts: Will to Power and Eternal Recurrence
The Will to Power: A Dual Interpretation
The riddle of the Will to Power has two possible readings: a worldview beyond good and evil as a struggle of chaotic and unequal forces, and an interpretation of the individual as an eternal conflict of passions.
The World as Chaos of Forces
In the first case, against the science that sees the world as a cosmos, an ordered whole and balanced forces, Nietzsche asserts that the entire universe is a chaos of forces in perpetual struggle. Is this chaos good or bad?
Read MorePlato’s Core Philosophy: Forms, Justice, and the Ideal State
Platonic Theory of Forms
Plato’s philosophy is driven by the political necessity of establishing eternal and immutable justice, countering the instability of political power and moral relativism.
Dualism of the World
Plato distinguishes between two realms:
- The World of Sense (Sensible World): Characterized by change and impermanence. This realm is perceived through the senses and yields mere opinion (doxa), not true science.
- The World of Ideas (Intelligible World): Intangible, eternal, and unchanging.
Plato’s Dualism: Knowledge of Two Realities
The Problem of Knowledge in a Changing World
Are there two types of knowledge corresponding to two types of reality? According to Heraclitus, everything in nature flows. Plato argues from this that if nature is constantly changing, it is impossible to validate a claim forever; any claim only applies to a single instant. The skeptic Gorgias stated that we know only appearances, that a permanent reality does not exist, and that even if it did and someone could grasp it, they could not communicate it
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