- 著者
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加賀 裕郎
- 出版者
- 教育哲学会
- 雑誌
- 教育哲学研究 (ISSN:03873153)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.1984, no.49, pp.57-71, 1984-05-10 (Released:2009-09-04)
- 参考文献数
- 34
It seems that Dewey's theory of the aim of education stressing 'growth' as the ultimate aim of education, is widely known and to a certain degree recognized. On the other hand, the meaning of growth is still ambiguous so much so that it may even be regarded as a mere slogan in education-a catchword without cognitivemeaning. In fact, such a paradoxical situation is partly due to ambiguities in Dewey's theory of the aim of education criticized by essentialists and reconstructionalists. However, on close examination, it becomes clear that many criticisms are put forth because of serious misunderstandings concerning Dewey's theory of growth; Dewey's theory of growth as the aim of education was built on the basis of thephilosophical foundations of his thought, a fact ignored in criticisms mentioned above. Hence, in this paper I would like to clarify the structure of Dewey' s theory of the aim of education with special emphasis on two of its aspects : the ultimate aim and the general or comprehensive aim in education.