EDUCATION UGC NET
EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
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Frolbel
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Rosseau
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Armstrong
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John Locke
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Detailed explanation-1: -J.J Rousseau was supporter of naturalism philosophy in education. Naturalism means to follow nature.
Detailed explanation-2: -The chief exponent of naturalism are Bacon, Comenius, Herbert Spencer, Huxley, Bernard Shaw, and Rousseau. Naturalism is a revolt against traditional system of education, which gives very little freedom to the child.
Detailed explanation-3: -Naturalism’s greatest vogue occurred during the 1930s and ‘40s, chiefly in the United States among philosophers such as F.J.E. Woodbridge, Morris R. Cohen, John Dewey, Ernest Nagel, and Sidney Hook.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was Rousseau who first popularised the naturalism movement, that’s why he is called the father of naturalism. The three most crucial components of Rousseau’s “naturalist” philosophy are the state of nature, natural man, and natural civilization.
Detailed explanation-5: -Naturalism, fonned by Jean-Jacques Rousseau through natural freedom in the enlightenment period of 18’h century, is a philosophical thought which argues that the naturalone is free at the same time and there is no source of goodness other than nature. His thoughts on education form an important part of his philosophy.