AIMS OF EDUCATION Education has been conceived so variously in human history‚ especially in term of its aims. Chopra (2005) defines the term ‘Aims’ as: “Long-term ambitions which may or may not be achieved‚ but which provide personal motivation and direction” (p.16). Perhaps more than other aspects of human existence‚ it is education which lends a direction to human efforts through a certain underlying ‘philosophy’: “a set of ideas about the nature of reality and about the meaning of life” (McNergney
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thought‚ and receptiveness to beauty and humane feeling. Scraps of information have nothing to do with it. A merely well-informed man is the most useless bore on God’s earth. What we should aim at producing is men who possess 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. We have to remember that the valuable intellectual development is self- development
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The Aims of Education Education as a whole has many goals. However‚ one of its main missions is to teach the children‚ who will be the leaders of the future. Therefore‚ it is highly important that the children of today be thoroughly taught in all of the important subjects. This is where a major controversy can develop. Who is to say what is or is not an important school subject? A child can only be taught so much through formal schooling. As a result‚ a teacher must select what is the most appropriate
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AIM OF EDUCATION The main aim of education is the all-round development of a student. Its purpose is to develop a student into a full‚ whole and integrated person. Thus‚ the objectives to be achieved through education and training are many and comprehensive. Education helps in achieving and developing skills‚ abilities‚ insights and scientific temper. Besides literary and aesthetic appeal of education‚ there are utilitarian aspects as well and they are equally important. Education aims at developing
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The aim of higher education Ⅰ.The definition of education A. Ancient Greeks The ancient Greeks‚ during the Golden Age of Athens‚ gave us great advances in art‚ literature‚ and philosophy. Philosophers such as Socrates(470-399 B.C.)‚ Plato(427-347 B.C.)‚ and Aristotle (384-322B.C.)were responsible for advanced thinking that has affected education up to the present time. Advanced thinking for these Greeks meant that they possessed wisdom far beyond what humans had expected before their time.
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Julia Inokhodtseva 06403 Aims of Higher Education. Outline. I. Introduction. All in all‚ the main purposes of getting higher education are getting a desirable position‚ developing personal skills‚ respect in society and preparation for future life. II. Body. 1. The major aim of higher education is getting a good job because it is necessary for a good position and high salary. a) good position b) high salary These examples show that higher education is significant for employers to offer one
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The Aims of Education Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) The essay starts with Whitehead’s idea that authentic learning comes from a blend of expert knowledge and cultural knowledge. Expert knowledge comes from the course contents and cultural knowledge comes from activity of thought – which refers to students generating ideas of their own from their school experience or at least “playing” with the ideas presented to them in all ways possible to maximize learning. This leaves room for the student
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Theory of Knowledge Aims and Objectives * Consider that knowledge may place responsibilities on the knower. Knowledge absolutely may place responsibilities on the knower in a lot of situations. An obvious example of this is a situation where one person knows of another person’s criminal intentions. That knowledge means that the knower has the responsibility of informing the police‚ because no one else has the knowledge to do so. If they don’t inform the authorities‚ then any resulting illegal
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The Aim of Education in Indonesia By Daenuri Suhendar Many people in Indonesia believe that success in education is measuring the academic values. Therefore‚ their efforts have focused only on how much academic value that can be achieved‚ we may often forget the real purpose of education that it is not to get a course of academic and other achievements. However‚ the purpose of education is to improve the multiple intelligence and cognitive students. In other words‚ a school can’t
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AIMS OF EDUCATION : THE PRESENT SCENARIO • Establishment of schools on the lines economic and social background (corporate schools for the rich‚ English Medium schools for the Middle class families and government schools for the people of lower standards). • Linear thinking assuming that engineering an medicine courses are the ultimate. • Disappearance of childhood rote memory replaces joyful learning. • Exam oriented study. • Schools have turned into agencies that provide guidance only for exams
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