2 Stages of mental growth----the stage of romance the stage of precision the stage of generalization
3 The cyclic processes---Education should consist in a continual repetition of such cycles.(P19,Paragraph3)
1 The task of infancy----I merely restate it in the form, that the postponement of difficulty is no safe clue for the maze of education practice.(P16,Paragraph3)
The Aims of Education
Education is the acquisition of the art of the utilization of knowledge.(P4,Paragraph3)
What we should aim at producing is men who process both culture and expert knowledge in some special direction. Their expert knowledge will give them the ground to start from, and their culture will lead them as deep as philosophy and as high as art .(P1.L4)
Cultivation of mental power
theoretical interest & mental power
The mastery of language & concentration on science
romance in language precision in language generalization in language Romance in science precision in science
4 The romance of adolescence 1.after the first cycle of infancy 2.opens with the greatest stage of romance 3.character is graven
5 University education----generalization
1. the function of university is to enable people to shed details in favor of principles
2.the business of university is to convert the knowledge into power
The Rhythm of Education
The principle is merely this---that different subjects and modes of study should be undertaken by pupils at fitting times when they have reached the proper stage of mental development. (P15,L13)
Education is the guidance of the individual towards a comprehension of the art of life.(P39,L7)
•The central problem of all education: To keep knowledge alive, and prevent it from becoming inert.(P5,L14)
The Aims of Education
The Aims of Education The rhythm of Education The rhythmic Claim of Freedom and Discipline
Question
Nowadays, numerous parents let their children study English at quite an early age. They send children to various kinds of training schools such as the New Oriental, or they let them prepare for exams such as Trinity Examination, do you think it is necessary and conforms to the rhythm of education?
The aims of education i enlighten wisdom.
The purpose of education is to stimulate and guide students’ self-development, and the teacher should be alive with living thoughts.
0—14years old
15 years old
After15
The rhythmic claims of freedom and discipline
Though knowledge is one chief aim of intellectual education…You cannot be wise without some basic of knowledge, but you may easily acquire knowledge and remain bare of wisdom…(P30,L6)