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Philosophy of Education: An Essay

RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
I'm not going to comment on the essay itself, apart from saying that I found it as I find a lot of "philosophy," which is to say, a comforting collection of well-crafted statements of the obvious, altogether creating nothing of real interest. I would add, though, that there is a lesson to learn. I'm sure I'm not a typical reader (but you probably all think that of yourselves, just as most people think they are above average drivers) but I always get distracted by typographical errors like this: > ... while [Montessori's] method was very successful for > cultivating basic skills, when it comes to subjects such > as mathematics and greek which disciples our mind, it is > not helpful. That should be "disciplines" and not "disciples." It's not critical, it was obvious what was meant, but only after I did a double-take and went back and decoded it. And that's my point. Errors like this do create a jar in your audience, a form of "dump-shock." For some of us it's deeply unpleasant, and worth avoiding if you can. ADDED IN EDIT: DumpShock refers to a phenomenon, usually in Science Fiction, where you gets dropped back into the real world after being immersed in a virtual world. There's a real-world version DumpShock that you may have experienced for yourself - I certainly have: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1131266 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1131266
- fierarul 17y ago
  I know about the flow but I never heard "dump shock" until now. I think I'll keep on using "breaking the flow", it sounds better.
- digamber_kamat 17y ago
  Really thankful for your comments. The article had nothing new because it was basically meant to be a summary of set of several articles I was preparing for my exams tomorrow. But as a blogger I really find your criticism very helpful. Thanks a lot.
jonsen 17y ago
As education becomes more and more important certainly there will be more and more interesting thoughts coming forward, and without any doubts these thoughts will determine how the future of the world is shaped. I doubt it. A lot of interesting thoughts about education exists already and to a great extend even implemented in pedagogical principles, techniques and methods. Well implemented yes, but in widespread use, no! I don't see much hope until teachers are at least as well versed pedagogically as they are in their subject of instruction.

I'm not going to comment on the essay itself, apart from saying that I found it as I find a lot of "philosophy," which is to say, a comforting collection of well-crafted statements of the obvious, altogether creating nothing of real interest. I would add, though, that there is a lesson to learn. I'm sure I'm not a typical reader (but you probably all think that of yourselves, just as most people think they are above average drivers) but I always get distracted by typographical errors like this: > ... while [Montessori's] method was very successful for > cultivating basic skills, when it comes to subjects such > as mathematics and greek which disciples our mind, it is > not helpful. That should be "disciplines" and not "disciples." It's not critical, it was obvious what was meant, but only after I did a double-take and went back and decoded it. And that's my point. Errors like this do create a jar in your audience, a form of "dump-shock." For some of us it's deeply unpleasant, and worth avoiding if you can. ADDED IN EDIT: DumpShock refers to a phenomenon, usually in Science Fiction, where you gets dropped back into the real world after being immersed in a virtual world. There's a real-world version DumpShock that you may have experienced for yourself - I certainly have: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1131266 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1131266

fierarul 17y ago
I know about the flow but I never heard "dump shock" until now. I think I'll keep on using "breaking the flow", it sounds better.
digamber_kamat 17y ago
Really thankful for your comments. The article had nothing new because it was basically meant to be a summary of set of several articles I was preparing for my exams tomorrow. But as a blogger I really find your criticism very helpful. Thanks a lot.

jonsen 17y ago

As education becomes more and more important certainly there will be more and more interesting thoughts coming forward, and without any doubts these thoughts will determine how the future of the world is shaped. I doubt it. A lot of interesting thoughts about education exists already and to a great extend even implemented in pedagogical principles, techniques and methods. Well implemented yes, but in widespread use, no! I don't see much hope until teachers are at least as well versed pedagogically as they are in their subject of instruction.