LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 8 August 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Philosophies of Education: Origin of Concept Formation

Aamna Saleem Khan, Ph. D. Scholar

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Discussion relating to concept formation is as old as education itself. Different philosophers define concepts in different ways and they recommended different theories and schools of thought to form and strengthen the concepts. The following schools of thoughts give the information about how to form concepts and what are the responsibilities of teachers to make concepts more clear and sound.

1.1 SCHOOL OF THOUGHTS

1.1.1 Idealism

Idealism’s proponents are Berkeley, Butler, Froebel, Hegel and Plato. They say that knowing is the rethinking of latent ideas. Idealist knowledge is based on the recognition or reminiscence of latent ideas that are already present in the mind. Such ideas are a priori; that is, they concern knowledge or concepts that exist prior to and independent of human experience about them. The teacher’s task is to bring this latent knowledge to consciousness. The idealist educator refers the order and pattern of a subject-matter curriculum that relates ideas and concept to each other (Ornstein and Levine, 1985).

The teacher should act as a guide to develop critical thinkers and should deal with broad concepts rather than specific skills. This is a content-centred approach in which emphasis is given on universal truths and values (Conti, 2007).

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