EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is said about the idealists?
A
They like “roses”
B
They are content with “briars”
C
They want “roses” and “briars” both
D
They are satisfied neither with “briars” nor with “roses”
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Idealists are understood to represent the world as it might or should be, unlike pragmatists, who focus on the world as it presently is. In the arts, similarly, idealism affirms imagination and attempts to realize a mental conception of beauty, a standard of perfection, juxtaposed to aesthetic naturalism and realism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The ancient Greek philosopher Plato (circa 427 BCE to circa 347 BCE) is considered to be the Father of Idealism in philosophy. At its most basic, Idealism is the provenance of ideas that are not part of the physical, natural world, but are housed in the mind.

Detailed explanation-3: -The basic principle of this theory is that the state is an end and the individual is a means. According to Hegel, the individual can perfect himself only in the state. Everything is neither within the state, nothing outside nor against it. Its earliest trace are found in the writings of Plato and Aristotle .

Detailed explanation-4: -Idealist philosophers advocate that education should be religious, moral, intellectual, aesthetic and physical. Emphasis should be given on physical health i.e. sound health through spiritual values. Education should aim at developing child into a complete man with full mental, intellectual, moral and cultural uplift.

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