Michel
Foucault
1926-1984
Normative
Educational Philosophies
"Normative
philosophies or theories of education may make use of the results of
[philosophical thought] and of factual inquiries about human beings and the
psychology of learning, but in any case they propound views about what
education should be, what dispositions it should cultivate, why it ought to
cultivate them, how and in whom it should do so, and what forms it should take.
In a full-fledged philosophical normative theory of education, besides analysis
of the sorts described, there will normally be propositions of the following
kinds: 1. Basic normative premises about what is good or right; 2. Basic
factual premises about humanity and the world; 3. Conclusions, based on these
two kinds of premises, about the dispositions education should foster; 4.
Further factual premises about such things as the psychology of learning and
methods of teaching; and 5. Further conclusions about such things as the
methods that education should use."
As Michael Foucault said all of this is intended to the student to be able to learn, to be able to cultivate the student and to do the right thing. To be able to identify what is wrong and what is right. Through this we will the notice what are learning we get through the method of teaching.
TumugonBurahinI think that the author wants to share the "what he thinks" are the right ways of teaching. Somehow I agree with him.
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