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2. John Amos Comenius - Wikipedia

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   John Amos Comenius (/ kəˈmiːniəs /; [1] Czech: Jan Amos Komenský; Italian: Giovanni Comenio; Polish: Jan Amos Komeński; German: Johann Amos Comenius; Latinized: Ioannes Amos Comenius; 28 March 1592 – 15 November 1670) [2] was a Moravian philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education. [3][4] He ...

3. George Lakoff - Wikipedia

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   george-lakoff.com. George Philip Lakoff (/ ˈleɪkɒf / LAY-kof; born May 24, 1941) is an American cognitive linguist and philosopher, best known for his thesis that people's lives are significantly influenced by the conceptual metaphors they use to explain complex phenomena. The conceptual metaphor thesis, introduced in his and Mark Johnson 's ...

4. Banking model of education - Wikipedia

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   Banking model of education (Portuguese: modelo bancário de educação) is a term coined by Paulo Freire to describe and critique the established education system in his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed. [1][2] The name refers to the metaphor of students as containers into which educators must put knowledge. Freire argued that this model ...

5. Wittgenstein's ladder - Wikipedia

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   In philosophy, Wittgenstein's ladder is a metaphor set out by Ludwig Wittgenstein about learning. In what may be a deliberate reference to Søren Kierkegaard 's Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments, [1][2] the penultimate proposition of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (translated from the original German) reads: [3 ...

6. Metaphor in philosophy - Wikipedia

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   Metaphor has proven to be extremely important for this rethinking because it is the process of conceptual borrowing or reassignment which revises our perception of the world. The major shift which occurs in Kantian continental philosophy, according to Cazeaux, is the departure 'from dualistic thought, i.e. thinking which remains within the ...

7. The End of Education - Wikipedia

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   The End of Education [1] is a book by Neil Postman about public education in the United States.The use of the word "end" in the title has two meanings: primarily, as a synonym for "purpose", but also as a prediction about the future of public schools if they do not successfully identify and communicate a convincing purpose for their existence within human culture.

8. My Pedagogic Creed - Wikipedia

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   My Pedagogic Creed. " My Pedagogic Creed " is an article written by John Dewey and published in School Journal in 1897. [1] The article is broken into five sections, with each paragraph beginning "I believe." It has been referenced over 4100 times, and continues to be referenced, as a testament to the lasting impact of the article's ideas.

9. Philosophy of education - Wikipedia

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   The philosophy of education is the branch of applied philosophy that investigates the nature of education as well as its aims and problems. It also examines the concepts and presuppositions of education theories. It is an interdisciplinary field that draws inspiration from various disciplines both within and outside philosophy, like ethics ...