Background: That struggle of human being who tries to understand/investigate the world in which he lives about seeking the excellent/ideal has been seen in every age/every country. Utopia being an expression of this trial is the literary/philosophic name of tradition dreaming for an ideal society. This article proposes that this tradition is to be formed in educational aspect as well. In other words the question whether we can be inspired from utopias in our trial of growing educational ideals is being discussed. Purpose of the Study: This study aims to benefit from optimistic restructuring of utopias on behalf of education. To this end; to distinguish the place/importance of education in dreams of ideal society of utopias, to wonder to what extend ideals of utopias can come true in today’s social/educational practice and make implications about the present/and the future state of education. For these purposes, it has been considered that besides of political and philosophical functions, utopias also have pedagogic functions and educational models of five utopias have been examined
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Makaleler |
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Publication Date | June 1, 2012 |
Published in Issue | Year 2012 Issue: 1 |
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