Odgojne znanosti, Vol. 9 No. 1 (13), 2007.
Pregledni rad
EDUCATION AND THE THEORY OF MEANING
Mile Silov
; Učiteljski fakultet , Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Sažetak
The Function of education in society is a meaningful and a
valuable one – it is important in an individual’s life. The theory of meaning is provides a very good explanation of the education phenomenon. The author draws upon the meaning theory according to Šešić (1997): meaning is a changeable, developmental or processible phenomenon. Hence, meaning is in the fi rst place a relation or a relationship. There are two important factors of meaning: the meaning holder and the meaning itself. Meaning(lessness) holders can be all the phenomena in a society or an individual’s life. The following meaning categories are singled out: the meanings of being organized, rational approach, direction, purposefulness, functionality and the meaning of value. The author analyzes the relationship between the theories of human lifeand meaning. Education has an important role in a person’s life. Meaning
holders include the following: educational ideal, education goals and tasks; education factors; the subjects of education; organisational models of education; education types and instruments as well as evaluation instruments for the assessment of education meaning and effectiveness. On the example of seven historic-epochal and everyday doubts a theoretical model was constructed for the discussion on the meaning of education. The author has also developed some aspects of the methodology of studying the meaning of life and education, especially the hermeneutic-phenomenological
paradigm.
Ključne riječi
education; meaning; the meaning of education; education theory; life; the meaning of life; values; phenomenology; hermeneutics; narrative analysis
Hrčak ID:
20818
URI
Datum izdavanja:
13.6.2007.
Posjeta: 9.093 *