Educating "Modern Mind" in the Light of the Evolution of Western Educational Thought

Abstract: My thesis is that liberal and progressive education models respectively refer to dual and unitary conceptions of intellectual development, and that these differences account for their pedagogical antagonisms. I test the validity of this argument by using it to account for the evolution of Western pedagogy and the fate of liberal and progressive education. I introduce the dualist epistemological premises of the major educational models that have followed one after the other in the history of Western education. Then, I account for the impact of classical empiricism, and later evolutionary doctrines, on the discredit of liberal education and the emergence of educational progressivism. Progressive educational conceptions are rooted in a representation of humankind developed under the influence of the Darwinian revolution. They justify an adaptive model of the mind within the framework of a functionalist psychology. According to alternative currents of modern educational thought, the us

Object Details

• Alternative title: Die Erziehung zu 'modernem Denken' im Kontext der Entwicklung westlicher Bildungsgedanken
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Educating "Modern Mind" in the Light of the Evolution of Western Educational Thought ; volume:42 ; number:4 ; pages:253-279 ; Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; Historical social research ; 42, Heft 4, 253-279

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

Further information

• DOI: 10.12759/hsr.42.2017.4.253-279
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55301-3
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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