Raising Awareness of Educational Philosophy: Learning and Education in Posthumanistic Philosophy / Eğitim Felsefesi ile İlgili Bir Farkindalik Çalişmasi: İnsancıl Ötesi Felsefede Öğrenme ve Eğitim

Year 2014, Volume: 10 Issue: 3, 613 - 626, 04.08.2014

Levent Uzun

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to provide educators with a simple, brief, and easy-to-read text on western philosophy while specifically raising awareness about philosophies of education. Basic terminology such as ontology, epistemology, and paradigm are defined, and their relationships with educational philosophy as well as the role of the teachers and students are explained. Following an explanation and discussion of the major existing philosophies that have affected education throughout history, the present article provides modified definitions of learning and education and suggests a new way of thinking that is closely related to postmodernism, namely posthumanistic philosophy. These new definitions are presumed to guide and influence not only the theoretical works in education but also the practical applications.

Keywords

Philosophy, education, learning, teacher training, postmodernism, posthumanistic philosophy.

(EĞİTİM FELSEFESİ İLE İLGİLİ BİR FARKINDALIK ÇALIŞMASI: İNSANCILÖTESİ FELSEFEDE ÖĞRENME VE EĞİTİM)

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, batı felsefesi ile ilgili basit, özet niteliğinde ve okuması kolay bir metin sunarken, özellikle eğitim felsefesi ile ilgili eğitimcilerde farkındalık yaratmaktır. Ontoloji, epistemoloji ve paradigma gibi temel kavramlar tanımlanıp açıklanarak bunların eğitim felsefesi ile ve aynı zamanda öğretmen ve öğrencilerle bağlantıları ortaya konulmaktadır. Tarih boyunca eğitimi etkilemiş başlıca felsefeler hakkındaki açıklama ve tartışmayı müteakiben, bu çalışmada postmodernizmle yakından bağlantılı ‘insancılötesi felsefe’ olarak tanımlanan yeni bir düşünme şeklini cesaretlendiren ve bu bakış açısından kaynaklı öğrenme ve eğitim ile ilgili yeniden yapılandırılmış tanımlar öne sürülmektedir. Bu yeni tanımlamaların eğitimdeki kuramsal ve pratik çalışma ve uygulamaları yönlendirip etkileyeceği öngörülmektedir.

Keywords

Felsefe, eğitim, öğrenme, öğretmen eğitimi, postmodernizm, insancılötesi felsefe.

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