9892 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Socratic Method, Nuance Communications, Truism
28 Jun 2018
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LECTURE 2: WEEK 2
Idealism:
Strengths: envisioning, conceiving of what isn’t yet/possibilities
Weaknesses: unfounded abstraction, fantastical illusion, conservative
Ideas are the only true reality, perfect and eternal. Idealists do not reject the material world, but
the material world is characterised by change, instability, and uncertainty; thus, a natural
starting point of understanding the world around us, we find knowledge in ideas
Matter doesn’t exist if the mind does not perceive it
Idealists believe in becoming the fullest you can be (self-actualisation)
Dualisms: mind and body are separate/stressed importance of mind over matter
Deductive: begins with an idea, theory, statement, and works down to find possible solutions or
conclusions)
Purpose of education should be to search for true ideas (focus on things of lasting value), most
important is to teach people to think
Educators need to maintain constant concern about the ultimate purpose of teaching
Holistic learning, not just focusing on practical/occupational studies or specialised learning,
depth in learning and learning of the past (curriculum to give broad understanding of world)
Not just about being literate but being a ‘good’ person, concern for developing morality
Incompatible with scientific thought/Importance of humanism and individuality
Forerunner to cognitive learning theory/constructivism (modern idealism)
Educators need to become as close to the form of the good as possible and should be the kind
of person we want our children to become
Informal method of dialectic: questioning & discussing, teacher shows alternate views
Plato: (Classical)
Best teaching and learning is through the dialectic:
oExamining one decision and the opposite to reach a synthesis (both sides of an issue)
oLooking past your own perspective and is an ongoing process through history
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Document Summary
Ideas are the only true reality, perfect and eternal. Idealists do not reject the material world, but the material world is characterised by change, instability, and uncertainty; thus, a natural starting point of understanding the world around us, we find knowledge in ideas. Matter doesn"t exist if the mind does not perceive it. Idealists believe in becoming the fullest you can be (self-actualisation) Dualisms: mind and body are separate/stressed importance of mind over matter. Deductive: begins with an idea, theory, statement, and works down to find possible solutions or conclusions) Purpose of education should be to search for true ideas (focus on things of lasting value), most important is to teach people to think. Educators need to maintain constant concern about the ultimate purpose of teaching. Holistic learning, not just focusing on practical/occupational studies or specialised learning, depth in learning and learning of the past (curriculum to give broad understanding of world)
