Conference paper

THE CONCEPT OF EDUCATION

Maja Žitinski

Abstract

Education itself is a concept that has a standard or a norm that provides education with its purpose. In education judgments of value are necessarily implied. Most disputes about the aims of education refer to the distinction between two terms: educere (to lead out), and educare (to train). To lead out requires that a student be treated as a person and with respect, whereas to become educated is to learn to be a person. Training, on the other hand, views students as materials to be poured into an adult mould. The concept of training, unlike that of education, has no logical connection with values. The paper examines the various procedures, required to attain the virtue of knowledge. The use of authority, as a principle of the education procedure, implies inducing students to arrive at conclusions which teachers themselves intend students to make, but which are not necessarily demanded by the subject matter itself. Education does not only reflect the social changes that have already occurred, but must also play an active role in directing social changes. Hence, indoctrination and other rationalisations should be regarded as immoral ways of treating students.

Keywords

education; extrinsic and intrinsic values; learning; indoctrination; moral justification

Hrčak ID:

2396

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/2396

Publication date:

9.9.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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