General and particular features of social life in relation to education : a synthesis and analysis of educational themes and school life
General and particular features of social life in relation to education : a synthesis and analysis of educational themes and school life
The thesis investigates how society and the individual appear presented as inseparable aspects of social life. Tradition suggests that these outward appearances of public and private character are the result of natural development. Such progress sets demands and expectations that a person must satisfy at various stages of social development through childhood to maturity. A feature of education is to provide representations of real-life situations which allow the learner to obtain controlled experience in dealing with problems. Literature records show how historical figures cope with life's problems by learning through discovery. It is argued that the processes involved in this act of putting oneself into another persons' shoes and seeing things through his or her eyes cannot be examined by studying observed rules. Such simulation is concerned to foster relationships between teachers and pupils based on a model of given respect and directs us to examine the emergence of disciplines over time. Development of a cultural model for education is concerned with describing the nature of the relationship between particular individual experience and the general experience of groups. This thesis is divided into two parts. The first part comprises Chapters One to Three and the second part comprises Chapters Four to Nine.
The first part of the thesis describes how social life appears structured. Chapter One (Introduction) describes the theoretical approach and indicates the gathering force of changes in modern thought. These refer to a belief in the power of technology to solve practical problems and a new idea of society which views it as a whole thing independent of other things. The cultural model of education used is outlined and reference made to the connection between sociology and biography. Chapter Two cites the shift from memory to written record; it stresses knowledge of things obtained by reason and argument. Chapter Three establishes that the distinction between good and bad things can only be understood through acquiring the ability to read and write properly. This in turn emphasises the diversity of human experience and viewpoint.
University of Southampton
1993
Slattery, Carol Rosemary
(1993)
General and particular features of social life in relation to education : a synthesis and analysis of educational themes and school life.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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The thesis investigates how society and the individual appear presented as inseparable aspects of social life. Tradition suggests that these outward appearances of public and private character are the result of natural development. Such progress sets demands and expectations that a person must satisfy at various stages of social development through childhood to maturity. A feature of education is to provide representations of real-life situations which allow the learner to obtain controlled experience in dealing with problems. Literature records show how historical figures cope with life's problems by learning through discovery. It is argued that the processes involved in this act of putting oneself into another persons' shoes and seeing things through his or her eyes cannot be examined by studying observed rules. Such simulation is concerned to foster relationships between teachers and pupils based on a model of given respect and directs us to examine the emergence of disciplines over time. Development of a cultural model for education is concerned with describing the nature of the relationship between particular individual experience and the general experience of groups. This thesis is divided into two parts. The first part comprises Chapters One to Three and the second part comprises Chapters Four to Nine.
The first part of the thesis describes how social life appears structured. Chapter One (Introduction) describes the theoretical approach and indicates the gathering force of changes in modern thought. These refer to a belief in the power of technology to solve practical problems and a new idea of society which views it as a whole thing independent of other things. The cultural model of education used is outlined and reference made to the connection between sociology and biography. Chapter Two cites the shift from memory to written record; it stresses knowledge of things obtained by reason and argument. Chapter Three establishes that the distinction between good and bad things can only be understood through acquiring the ability to read and write properly. This in turn emphasises the diversity of human experience and viewpoint.
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