EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Rabindra Nath Tagore was a Naturalist because he said about children that
A
They should be educated for national integration
B
They should be made to develop into complete human being
C
They should be acquainted with the ideals and values of national culture
D
They should be given full freedom to live in natural environment and learn by doing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tagore’s Naturalistic philosophy is based on nature that means teaching learning will take place in close contact with nature . He also believed in the universal brotherhood and love for God.

Detailed explanation-2: -Teachers had to be imaginative, understand the child, and help the child develop it’s curiosity. According to Tagore, the existing schools killed the natural desire of the child to be creative, it’s sense of wonder. Tagore was of the view that creative learning could be encouraged only within a natural environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -In India, Rabindranath Tagore created a form of authentic education which he believed was more true to the needs children growing up in rural India than conventional, didactic schooling. Children’s minds are sensitive to the influences of the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tagore defined education as that which is one with life, and he believed that only education can give us real freedom (freedom of mind, freedom of heart and freedom of will).

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