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The stage of romance---satisfying curiosity and cultivating interest The stage of precision---the stage of growing into the apprehension of principles by acquisition of a precise knowledge of details.(P37,para2) The stage of generalization---the stage of shedding details in favor of the active application of principles, the details retreating into subconscious habits.(P37,para2)
The rhythmic claims of freedom and discipline
Rhythm of mental growth Romance-----precision------generalization growth:
Interest----no interest no progress Barren knowledge----unimportant Over discipline +freedom =active thought Importance of knowledge is wisdom
generalization in language precision in science
0—14years 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) Wisdom is the way in which knowledge is held. To achieve wisdom freedom of knowledge by discipline The relationship between freedom and discipline: Discipline the issue of free choice Freedom gain an enrichment by discipline A natural sway between freedom and discipline education the rhythm of
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
conclusion
Romance 0-14 +guidance Precision 14-18 Generalization 18-22 +active use wisdom From being trained active freedom of application
Romance is background +Proper guidance +Discipline Without romance • Learning in the traditional inert knowledge scheme of education without knowledge a good teacher should balance between freedom and discipline E.g. to cultivate children as a well not a tub
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) 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) 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)
Cultivation of mental power
theoretical interest & mental power
The mastery of language & concentration on science
romance in language precision in language Romance in science 15 years old
The rhythmic claims of freedom and discipline
Rhythm of cravings of human intelligence
freedom to explore and satisfy curiosity discipline (help) environment---suitable for children’s development ==eat food much stomachache little hungry
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?
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 is not to pass on inert knowledge but to enlighten wisdom. The purpose of education is to stimulate and guide students’ self-development, and the teacher should be alive with living thoughts.
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 Aims of Education
Education is the acquisition of the art of the utilization of knowledgeቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ(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)