Dr.Shashi Kant
Dr.shashikant.kant@gmail.com
Virat Rehani
vrehani@yahoo.com
Old
age homes are mushrooming and there is continuous rise in assault cases,
torture of women and so many other vices. It speaks volumes about downfall of
our education.
Sadayam
Hridayarn Yasya Bhasitham Sathya Bhushitham Kayah Parahithe Yasya Kalisthasya
Karothikim (Sanskrit verse).
It
states that the immoral and wicked outcome of the Kali age cannot do anything
to the person whose heart is empathetic, believe in veracious pronouncement and
volunteer his self to aid other beings.
There
is no doubt the young generation has acquired much knowledge but is lagging
behind so far as the desired moral values are concerned.
Noddings
et.al in their work have illustrated philosophy of education similar to the
academic field to the philosophical study of education along with its flaws. They
further observed the focal point of this philosophy to be education itself as
well as the methods inculcated for it.
Philosophy
of education is not separate from field of applied philosophy but explains
field of education. It needs our attention.
Many
Philosophers (like Plato) thought that it should be an entire responsibility of
the Government to educate the children but people in present set of democracy
shall accept some of Government’s responsibilities but shall never agree to
lose their right to decide about the future of their child.
Cahn
et.al in their work have talked about the work of Immanual Kant that along with
education the focus should be on building
moral character
We
should frame the education policy and the process of learning keeping the
overall result from all this. Values of mankind as a whole should never be
ignored at any cost.
According
to Frankena et.al Researchers that cogitate the serving of humans accept that
the wise literacy of young blood decides the future of any establishment
Education of our youth
determines the type of our society. The purpose of education which is to turn
out virtues students must be focused.
The
logics, target and technique of building regulations may be beyond the already
enforced regulations.
There
may be different concepts and different aims in different societies by
different philosophers but the voice of situation prevalent in the society
should not be ignored.
The
major reason for setback in imbibing moral values in learners is inability to
satisfy the question marks following why, what and how.
It may
further be engraved that most andragogies fail at initiating stage, this may be
credited to the already existing beliefs and their contradictions to the social/human
values.
Everything
cannot be explained with mathematical equations but a simple formula may be
used for achieving the virtually impossible endless joy and human-human
relation values:
Where:
Result=Endless joy and Human to Human relation.
H1=Head
(for thoughts).
H2=Heart
(for evaluating thoughts).
H3=Hand
(for working upon thoughts).
E.g. Endless
joy and human-human relation values=Right thinking + Right evaluation of the
thought + Right execution.
Neil
et.al in their elated work projected Dewey as a proponent of Educational Progressivism and as an educational reformer. He
also focused that traditional methods of strictness on imparting education was
related to impart education but was insufficient to realize pupil’s actual experience.
Many
Philosophers [like Rousseau] thought that if the children are not interfered
they can advise themselves from their own experiences. But we shall have to
watch that they do not suffer permanently due to their miscalculation.
Dr.
Art-ong Jumsai Na Ayudhya in his talk regarding Education in Human Values (EHV)
stated the importance of well coordinated Heart, Head and Hand which commute to
define a true human being.
Education
needs reformation. Changes must be brought as per the need. It should be
important and beneficial for all people. All the students should feel it
important and of use in life. It should be kept in mind that a man is not a
machine. The aim that he should be a beneficial member of the society should
never be ignored. Thus he should grow up learning the human values.
Munari
et. al deeply emphasized that demolish of our society can only be diminished by
the valued education.
Education
of our children is of great importance. It affects not only our society but the
whole planet. Our possible collapse can be saved by the better education. No
one can deny that social justice is our top most priority.
Moral
values in long are good for self and others.
Brophy
et.al stated that it is therefore mandatory to have a highly optimized synchronization
amongst learning chance and student’s previous beliefs, student’s pinpointing
of realm. The guide must frame student’s realm to architect stimulating pattern
so as to qualify the student to rank and recognize efficacy of realm’s worth
and soothe its fulfillment The young students must understand that some
day they will grow older. So they must work upon the theory to give older
people and their very near future the best society and environment that they
wish for themselves.
At times the low speed of a learner is considered
to be an outcome of his/ her dullness but defying this, there may be many other
reasons for the aforesaid slower pace.
Riessman et.al
even mentioned in their work that a learner may be at snail’s pace in
performing intellectual works but this never infers that he/she is dull.
Many
researchers discuss the higher education as an investment for the future this
clearly depicts that if the current education system is reformed with concepts
of moral values it will yield better results in developing a better society. Leslie
et.al have pointed about economic value of higher education and also discussed
whether it is a good investment.
It is
opined that we should wrestle our mind after going through different
philosophical views put forward by different philosophers. Pedagogy should be
such that the subject should remain affable and the students should acquire
knowledge, wisdom and sense of reasoning. Opportunity to get education should
be for all. System of education should
move towards a healthy direction where Pestalozzi is not ignored. Moral
thinking should flourish. Students after passing out from institutions should
have capability to solve political and social issues.
We
must divorce the education system which is hindrance to social reforms to
improve human conditions and making a better world. Thus we must shake up the
education system and focus on both intellectual as well as moral values.
Philosophy
and education is an immortal conversation as the interest and needs change with
time. If anything is permanent it is change…
