The Metaphysics Of Education PDF Download

Excerpt from The Metaphysics of Education An attempt is made in this volume to unify the various factors in education into an organic whole. There is an underlying principle running through the discussion which gives unity and coherence to the multiplied facts and. activities in education. A metaphysics of education grounds the facts and processes of education in a world principle and shows how this principle takes care of the practical problems of education. This text emphasizes the fact that there is an inner connection and an inner penetration of philosophic principles and educational facts. A comparative study is made of educational facts and basal concepts in education in order to test their philosophical significance and implications. Such facts as teaching, the school, the curriculum, educational aims, etc., are compared and related to mind, law, interaction, purpose, etc. These problems are studied inductively beginning with the concrete educational facts, deriving the fundamental conceptions in education and finally relating both facts and concepts to a universal principle which binds both together into a harmonious whole. Finally a critical study of the principal philosophical systems is made to ascertain what influence each system, atomism, rationalism, pragmatism, idealism, etc., has had on educational theory and practice. Our pedagogical literature is filled with metaphysical concepts and it is impossible to teach even one of the common branches without using philosophical principles. Systems of thought create systems of education; methods of thought determine methods of teaching. In fact our whole educational procedure is permeated and colored by philosophic thinking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.