John Locke talks of the gradual opening of conscious mind which according to him is initially empty (a tabula rasa). This empty mind, a tabula rasa, is shaped by sensations and reflections or experiences in general. In some thoughts concerning education, Locke expressed his belief on the importance of education in development of man. He says that the extent of their goodness and usefulness boils down to their education (Piel, 2002). The impressions that the mind gets in childhood are lasting and form the basis of self. He expressed this in his “associations of ideas” and his views on this later came to be known as “assocationism”. Associationism as a theory was very influential and warned parents from allowing their children have to develop negative associations. Rousseau believed that education should teach the pupil mastery of self to live a virtuous life in a world which is not perfect (Fingerman, & Lang, 2004). He believed that proper environment and guidance form a tutor will guide the student through the learning experiences. The experiences of the results of right and wrong rather than physical punishment are learning tools. This view is shared by modern psychologists. He advocated for developmentally appropriate education to match the need to the child at every stage of its development. John Bowlby had a keen interest in child development and concentrated his research on that. His research on the mental health of the homeless kids on Europe after the war led to the conclusion that lack of warm and continuous relationship between a mother and kid affects the mental health of the kid negatively (Newman, P., & Newman, B., 2007). Although the results of his findings were contested, recent developments have confirmed that ... ... middle of paper ... ...iences that I have had to date inform my decisions. Education has also been very influential in life just as John Locke said it could and should in development of man. Works Cited Fingerman, K., & Lang, F. (2004). Growing Together: Personal Relationships across the Life Span. New York: Cambridge University Press. Lerner, R. (2002). Concepts and Theories of Human Development. New York: Routledge. Newman, P., & Newman, B. (2007). Theories of Human Development. New York: Routledge. Piel, J. (2002). Theories of Human Development: A Comparative Approach. New York: Allyn and Bacon. Reisert, J. (2003). Jean-Jacques Rousseau: A Friend of Virtue. New York: Cornell University Press. Rider, E., & Sigelman, C. (2008). Life-Span Human Development. New York: Cengage Learning. Shaffer, D. (2009). Social and Personality Development. Mason, OH: Cengage learning.
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The main criticisms of Bowlby are: 1. His concept of maternal deprivation is much too broad 2. The effects of maternal deprivation can be reversed later — as shown in the studies of Koluchova and the Robertsons 3. Most studies were poorly controlled 4. He ignores children’s ability to form attachments with other adults and/or children 5.
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Jean Jacques Rousseau in On Education writes about how to properly raise and educate a child. Rousseau's opinion is based on his own upbringing and lack of formal education at a young age. Rousseau depicts humanity as naturally good and becomes evil because humans tamper with nature, their greatest deficiency, but also possess the ability to transform into self-reliant individuals. Because of the context of the time, it can be seen that Rousseau was influenced by the idea of self-preservation, individual freedom, and the Enlightenment, which concerned the operation of reason, and the idea of human progress. Rousseau was unaware of psychology and the study of human development. This paper will argue that Rousseau theorizes that humanity is naturally good by birth, but can become evil through tampering and interfering with nature.
First, Jean-Jacques Rousseau focused on the child 's freedom and learn in nature. Now we can find schools that focus on the child 's freedom and independence. According to Rousseau, the school environment should be natural like environment that helps children to flourish. In addition, they can depend on the sense that they experience in nature, and he believed that ‘children should be freed from
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For this assignment I have chosen Jean Piaget’s cognitive development theory and Erik Erikson’s psychosocial development theory.
In his “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” John Locke discusses personal identity where he tries to show that personal identity depends on our memories. Locke also discuses some of the changes that are possible in our constitution that still result in the same personal identity. However, I think that Locke fails to account for certain aspects of memory that effect personal identity which leads me to think personal identity may not be what Locke proposes it to be.
Locke’s does not take into account of the fact that human’s recollection of memories is limited, as time and age progresses it makes it difficult to remember or recall. Although, humans are self-aware and exhibit consciousness, not everything we have thought, rationalized or interpreted is available to us on command. This creates a problem because the complexities around the concept of consciousness require the psychological criterion as a necessary condition for this theory. The limitations placed on human memory demonstrate that the psychological link or relationship between a person at one time and at another time can be broken, which leads to new
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Based on the "Right Theory" of John Locke, the 17th century British philosopher, He argued that "laws of nature mandate that we should not harm anyone's life, health , liberty or possessions." Food is considered as a possession by other person so if you steal, you can be a violator to "the laws of nature." Therefore, based on Locke's theory stealing can viewed as immoral or unethical. In addition, he said that every person has "the rights and duties" to each other. Meaning, you have the right to acquire possessions including the your basic needs such as food. And other people, on other hand have also a moral duty not to rob you.
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Ultimately, “…it is delightful to realize that through education human nature will be continually improved, and brought to such a condition as is worthy of the nature of man. This opens out to us the prospect of a happier human race in the future” (Kant, Theory of Education). These children are to be educated as ends in themselves, and their dignity should be respected. (1)
Self-identity is one of the main themes of philosophy throughout its history. In general, “self-identity” is a term that means thoughts or feelings with which you distinguish you from others, and we use the term in ordinary conversation without a solid concept of “self-identity”. However, arguing about self-identity philosophically, there arise many questions: whether there is any essence of yourself, whether you are the same person as you when you were a baby, whether memory or experience makes you, and what is “self-identity.” To solve these questions, many philosophers have been arguing the topic “self identity” for so long.