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THE CONCEPT OF EDUCATION

Education itself is a concept that has a standard or a norm that provides education with its purpose. In education judgments of value are necessary implied. Most disputes about the aims of education refer to the distinction between two terms: educere (to lead out), and educare (to train). To lead out requires that a student be treated as a person and with respect, whereas to become educated is to learn to be a person. Training, on the other hand, views students as "materials" to be pured into an adult mould. The concept of training, unlike that of education, has no logical conection with values. The paper examines the various procedures required to attain the virtue of knowledge. The use of authority, as a principle of the education procedure, implies inducing students to arrive at conclusions which teachers themselves intend students to make, but which are not necessarily demanded by the subject mater itself. Education does not only reflect the social changes that have already occured, but must also play an active role in directing social changes. Hence, indoctrination and other rationalizations should be regarded as immoral ways of treating student.

education, intrinsic values, impartiality, independent mind, indoctrination

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