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Dec 24, 2019 · According to existentialists, one of the most important aims of education is. the becoming of a human person as one who lives and make decisions about what the learners will do and be. ‘Knowing ...
- James Magrini
- James M. Magrini
- 2. Common Themes of Existentialism and Phenomenology
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Existentialism, and specifically phenomenology, in qualitative educational research, tends to be misunderstood. There are many reasons for this, not the least of which is that scholars/researchers writing in the field often emulate and imitate the dense writing styles of philosophical forerunners in phenomenology such as Hegel, Brentano, Husserl, H...
Rather than summarize the thoughts of each existentialist and phenomenologist in education and philosophy proper, I will tease out the common themes, or “common structures,” present to all existential philosophy. There is a suspicion and distrust of grand (narratives) explanations for phenomena that are grounded in the primacy of human “reason,”...
- James Magrini
- 2012
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Aug 25, 2011 · Abstract. This paper is an attempt to survey the hist orical development of existentialist. philosophy, meaning of existence, its philosophical premises and perspectives. Further, this also deals ...
The basic aim. of existentialist education is to develop a sense. of commitment to free choice. The existentialist agrees that dullness is generally an achievement and not a gift.4 The aim of existentialist educa. tion is not simply to help the individual cope. with his existence.
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Jun 2, 2008 · Philosophy of education is the branch of applied or practical philosophy concerned with the nature and aims of education and the philosophical problems arising from educational theory and practice. Because that practice is ubiquitous in and across human societies, its social and individual manifestations so varied, and its influence so profound ...
About this book. This volume examines Otto Friedrich Bollnow’s philosophical approach to education, which brought Heidegger’s existentialism together with other theories of what it is to be “human.”. This introduction to Bollnow's work begins with a summary of the theoretical influences that Bollnow synthesized, and goes on to outline ...
