The Philosophy of Education and Work
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Denise N. Fyffe
Denise Fyffe, B.Sc., PGDip, pursuing M.Ed, worked in the education and training and IT industry for more than 15 years. Performed training, website administration, and software implementation of LMS and LCMS for various universities and organizations. In addition to studying Software Development and Design, she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Career Development and Counseling and a Post Graduate Diploma in Education. Denise authored more than 40 fiction and non-fiction books.
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The Philosophy of Education and Work - Denise N. Fyffe
(Aristotle)
EDUCATION
Theorists and Their Perspective on Education
Introduction
It is the task of Philosophy to investigate this all-important question: What is real? Philosophy is a field of study in which people question and create theories about the nature of reality. It includes diverse subfields such as aesthetics, epistemology, ontology, ethics, logic, metaphysics, and law. Philosophers concern themselves with such fundamental and mysterious topics as whether or not God(s) exist, what is the nature of being and the universe, and what makes actions right or wrong. The fundamental method of western philosophy is the use of reasoning to evaluate arguments.
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Plato described philosophy as the science of the Idea, the science which deals with noumena rather than phenomena. Aristotle defined it as the science of the universal essence of that which is real or actual. On the topic of education, they differ in definition and philosophical concept. Plato’s approach was always that of utilising questions to get the pupil to understand and come up with an answer by himself whereas Aristotle chose a different approach and stated the answer.
Plato in defining education or knowledge, as it was referred, looked at the value of knowledge and defining the term. He questioned: What knowledge and skills are worthwhile learning? What are the goals of education? What is knowledge? How is it different from belief? What is a mistake? A lie? Conversely, Aristotle states that the purpose of the state is to educate the people, to make them virtuous. Virtue is the life principle of the state. The goal of the state is to educate with a view toward its own institutions (to preserve them) - political education of all citizens (Davidson, 1900). Virtue is the perfection of reason. Reason is the source of the first principles of knowledge. Reason deals with the abstract and ideal aspects. Active reason makes the world intelligible (Aristotle 384-322 BC). Education is a function of the State, and is conducted, primarily at least, for the ends of the State. State - highest social institution which secures the highest goal or happiness of man. Education is preparation for some worthy activity (Davidson, 1900). Education should be guided by legislation to make it correspond with the results of psychological analysis and follow the gradual development of the bodily and mental faculties (Aristotle 384-322 BC)² .
The philosophy of education is the study of the purpose, process, nature, and ideals of education. This can be within the context of education as a social institution or more broadly as the process of human existential growth, i.e., how it is that our understanding of the world is continually transformed (be it from facts, social customs, experiences, or even our own emotions) (Wikipedia, 2006).
Plato and Aristotle
Plato joined Socrates as a student when he was an adolescent of twenty and Socrates was sixty years old. Aristotle at seventeen years presented himself, joining Plato’s group when he was sixty years old. Aristotle possessed a strong character, a penetrating intellect, apparent sincerity, but great personal ambition. He was a student in the Academy during the twenty years he remained in Athens. His remarkable intellectual powers led Plato to call him the ‘Mind of the School’³.
After the death of his teacher, Aristotle soon moved on, to become the tutor of Alexander the Great. After his Persian conquest Alexander presented his