Acta Iadertina, Vol. 18 No. 1, 2021.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.15291/ai.3401
Locke’s Educational Dimension in Some Thoughts Concerning Education in Function of the Philosophy of Education
Petar Jakopec
; Second Grammar School Varaždin Electromechanical School Varaždin and external associate at University North, Varaždin, Croatia
Abstract
In this article the author problematizes Locke’s Some Thoughts Concerning Education and critically re-examines Locke’s educational philosophy. By elaborating Locke’s Thoughts on the basis of particular
and verified reasons, the article concludes that Locke’s educational philosophy is closely related to his understanding of liberty and the role of an individual in a political community. Although in his Thoughts Locke did not focus on the question of what education is in order to elaborate on the problem of education, he nevertheless philosophically focused on the question of why and how to educate, that is, he seeks to determine what the goal of education is. In this sense, he found that education primarily serves to strengthen an apprentice’s moral identity and natural character, and offers a number of practical suggestions on how to educate. While on the other hand, Locke sees the ultimate meaning of why to educate in the function of a good education that will prepare an apprentice for free and full political participation in the life of a political community.
Keywords
apprentice; education; educational philosophy; educator; John Locke; philosophy of education; Some Thoughts Concerning Education; virtue
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272529
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Publication date:
1.9.2021.
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