存在主义教育哲学英语版
存在主义教育哲学
What is Existentialism ?
Katharena Eiermann says:
It is, in a very short phrase, the philosophy of „no excuses!? We cannot shift that burden onto God, or nature, or the ways of the world. --Professor Robert Solomon
Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe, regards human existence as unexplainable, and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one?s acts.
Existentialism
Existentialism as a Philosophical Term
The existentialist movement in education is based on an intellectual attitude that
philosophers term existentialism. Born in
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nineteenth-century Europe, existentialism is associated with such diverse thinkers as :Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), a passionate passionately disagree with one another on many basic philosophical issues, what they shared was a respect for individualism. In particular, they argued that traditional approaches to philosophy do not adequately respect the unique concerns of each individual.
Jean Paul Sartre?s classic formulation of
existentialism--that
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Existentialism as an Educational Philosophy
Just as its namesake sprang from a strong rejection of traditional philosophy,
educational existentialism sprang from a strong rejection of the traditional, essentialist approach to education. Existentialism rejects the existence of any source of objective, authoritative truth about metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. Instead, individuals are responsible for determining for themselves what is
their thoughts, feelings, and actions. The teacher?s role is to help students define their own essence by exposing them
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to various paths they may take in life and creating an environment in which they may freely choose their own preferred way. Since feeling is not divorced from reason in decision making, the existentialist demands the education of the whole person, not just the mind. Although many existentialist educators provide some curricular structure, existentialism, more than other
educational philosophies, affords students great latitude in their choice of subject matter. In an existentialist curriculum, students are given a wide variety of options from which to choose.
To the extent that the staff, rather than the students, influences the curriculum, the humanities are commonly given tremendous emphasis. They are explored as a means of providing students with vicarious experiences that will help unleash their own
creativity and self-expression. For example, rather than emphasizing historical events, existentialists focus upon the actions of historical individuals, each of whom provides possible models for the students? own behavior. In contrast to the humanities, math and the natural sciences may be de-emphasized, presumably because their subject matter
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would be considered
teaching students about themselves and their potential than of earning a livelihood. In teaching art, existentialism encourages individual creativity and imagination more than copying and imitating established models.
Existentialist methods focus on the individual. Learning is self-paced, self directed, and includes a great deal of individual contact with the teacher, who relates to each student openly and honestly. Although elements of existentialism occasionally appear in public schools, this philosophy has found wider acceptance in private schools and ill alternative public schools founded in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Existentialism: Providing an ideal framework for educational research in times of uncertainty
Abstract: Issues such as anxiety, alienation, crises and concerns over self-identity typify this era of uncertainty. These are also recognized themes of Existentialism and have implications for educational practice and research. The purpose of this paper is threefold. Firstly, it aims to clarify Existentialism, as too often it is mistakenly assumed to refer to an atomistic view of the individual, who is able to exercise
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absolute freedom. This clarification refers primarily to the works of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Heidegger. The second purpose is to present an outline of a particular existential framework. This is mainly structured around the notion of the learner, who is characterized as being in relation, culturally embedded, alienated and a
meaning-maker. These attributes have direct implications for the ideal of „the educated person? - an often-articulated
„aim? of education programs. Becoming
educated, according to this framework, means becoming authentic, spiritual, critical, empathetic, and having personal identity. A third purpose is to argue how educators may usefully employ such a framework. By engaging with it, educators are able to examine effective pedagogical approaches using notions of „the existential crisis? and
anxiety. In this way, educational curriculums, programs and policies can also be critiqued using this framework.
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