NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION SOCIETY OF IRAN | Year:2014 | دوره:5 |Papers Count:4

THIS PAPER RELATES THE FINDINGS OF AN ONGOING STUDY ANALYZING THE DISCOURSES PRESENTED IN SOME OF THE METHOD MATERIALS RELATED TO VARIOUS APPROACHES TO USING THOUGHTFUL DIALOGUE IN THE CLASSROOM, AND SPECIFICALLY WHEN USED AS MEANS TO DISCUSS RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SUBJECTS WITH STUDENTS...

THOUGH CHILDLESS HIMSELF, LOCKE HAD A LIFELONG INTEREST IN EDUCATION, TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSEEING THE EDUCATION OF FRANK MASHAM, THE SON OF DAMARIS MASHAM. HE WROTE SEVERAL LONG LETTERS OF ADVICE ON THE MATTER, AS WELL AS THE SHORT BOOK ‘SOME THOUGHTS CONCERNING EDUCATION’, BUT HIS MOST INFLUENTIAL CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIRST FEW CENTURIES AFTER HIS DEATH WAS THE POSTHUMOUSLY PUBLISHED‘OF THE CONDUCT OF THE UNDERSTANDING’...

IN THE PAST FEW YEARS IN THE NETHERLANDS, THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE INTEREST IN PHILOSOPHY OUTSIDE OF THE ACADEMIC WORLD. IDEAS ABOUTTHE ART OF LIVING, BASED ON THE WORKS OF PHILOSOPHERS FROM THE PAST AND PRESENT, ARE STARTING TO GAIN A PLACE IN THE MEDIA, NIGHTLIFE AND BUSINESS WORLD. BRANDSTOF IS ONE OF THE DUTCH PARTIES BRINGING PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY TO INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES. WE ARE A FOUNDATION THAT ORGANIZES LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND FESTIVALS AND MAKES TELEVISION PROGRAMMES, RADIO PROGRAMMES AND BOOKS THAT OFFER ACCESSIBLE PHILOSOPHY ABOUT EVERYDAY SUBJECTS...

AS PLATO AND ARISTOTLE TAUGHT, MORAL EDUCATION IS PRIMARILY A MATTER OF DEVELOPING AND ENTRENCHING A GOOD CHARACTER. I TAKE IT THAT GOOD CHARACTER HAS THREE MAIN ELEMENTS: SENSITIVITY TO THE NEEDS, CONCERNS AND WISHES OF OTHERS, A WILLINGNESS TO TAKE PROPER ACCOUNT OF THESE IN ONE’S OWN ACTIONS, AND A CAPACITY TO REFLECT CRITICALLY ON ONE’S ACTIONS. SO HOW IS SUCH A CHARACTER TO BE DEVELOPED AND ENTRENCHED...