On Some Misconceptions of Education

Authors

  • R. Puligandla
  • K. Puhakka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v4i3.43569

Abstract

Formulating a clear conception of education is not only very difficult but also, according rto some, futile and not relevant to the everyday educational reality in the schools. The former may be true, but those who maintain the latter are mistaken. For the kind of conception one has of educa:tion determines the way in which one theorizes about it, and theories in turn guide and influence the practice of education. Our purpose in this paper is to examine certain highly influential conceptions of education and show that all of them in one way or another commit the reductionist fallacy and therefore are inadequate and even misleading. It is not our task here to propose alternative and more adequate conceptions of education. That is for another occasion.

Author Biographies

R. Puligandla

R. Puligandla is Pro.fessOT of Philosophy, The University of Toledo

K. Puhakka

K. Puhakka is a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Philosophy, The University of Toledo

Published

2018-05-10

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