PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION

1 For AllDIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE & CONTINUING EDUCATIONUTKAL UNIVERSITY: VANIVIHAR,BHUBANESWAR:-751007 PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONOF EDUCATIONA uthorShri Nikunja Ranjan EducationPAPER-IPHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONOF EDUCATIONA uthorShri Nikunja Ranjan For AllDIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE & CONTINUING EDUCATIONUTKAL UNIVERSITY: VANIVIHAR, BHUBANESWAR:-751007 PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF EDUCATIONP aper-IAuthor :Mr. Nikunja Ranjan DashPublished by :DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE & CONTINUING EDUCATIONUTKAL UNIVERSITY, VANI VIHARBHUBANESWAR-751 007 Phone No.: 0674-2376700 Copyright :PUBLISHERP ublished : 2015 Copiess : .. at :Jigun GraphicsBadambadi, Cuttack-1 DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE & CONTINUING EDUCATIONUTKAL UNIVERSITY, VANI VIHARBHUBANESWAR-751 007 From the Director's DeskFrom the Director's DeskFrom the Director's DeskFrom the Director's DeskFrom the Director's DeskThe Directorate of Distance & Continuing EDUCATION , originally established as the University Evening Collegeway back in 1962 has travelled a long way in the last 52 years.

2 EDUCATION FOR ALL is our the Open and Distance Learning institutions are aspiring to provide EDUCATION for anyone, anytimeand anywhere. DDCE, Utkal University has been constantly rise up to the challenges of OpenDistance Learning system. Nearly ninety thousand students have passed through the portals of this greattemple ofleaming. We may not have numerous great tales of outstanding academic achievements but wehave great tales of success in life, of recovering lost opportunities, tremendous satisfaction in life, turningpoints in career and those who feel that without us they would not be where they are today. There are alsoflashes when our students figure in best ten in their honours subjects. In 2014 we have as many as fifteenstudents within top ten of honours merit list of EDUCATION , Sanskrit, English and Public Administration,Accounting and Management Honours.

3 Our students must be free from despair and negative attitude. Theymust be enthusiastic, full of energy and confident of their future. To meet the needs of quality enhancementand to address the quality concerns of our stake holders over the years, we are switching over to selfinstructional material printed courseware. Now we have entered into public private partnership to bring outquality SIM patterncourseware. Leading publishers have come forward to share their expertise with us. Anumber of reputed authors have now prepared the course ware. Self Instructional Material in printed bookformat continues to be the core learning material for distance learners. We are sure that students would gobeyond the course ware provided by us. We are aware that most of you are working and have also familyresponsibility. Please remember that only a busy person has time for everything and a lazy person has are sure you will be able to chalk out a well planned programme to study the courseware.

4 By choosing topursue a course in distance mode, you have made a commitment for self improvement and acquiring highereducational qualification. You should rise up to your commitment. Every student must go beyond the standardbooks and self instructional course material. You should read number of books and use ICT learning resourceslike the internet, television and radio programmes etc. As only limited number of classes will be held, astudent should come to the personal contact programme well 'P should be used for clarificationof doubt and counseling. This can only happen if you read the course material before PCP. You can alwaysmail your feedback on the course ware to us. It is very important that you discuss the contents of the coursematerials with other fellow wish you happy reading.( Pani) For between Philosophy EDUCATION . Branches ofPhilosophy: Metaphysics, Epistemology & Schools of Philosophy Logical Positivism,Analytical Philosophy & Schools of Philosophy: Idealism, Naturalism,Pragmatism, Realism, Existentialism, Reconstructivism& Heritage of India: Vedic EDUCATION ,Buddhistic EDUCATION , Purushartha.

5 Gandhi,Vivekananda, Tagore & Aurobindo109 NOTES1 UNIT-IRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND OF PHILOSOPHY METAPHYSICS,EPISTEMOLOGY & of of of of & & & of of of of EDUCATION in 21st between Philosophy & of EDUCATION on of philosophy on of studying Educational of Educational of Educational Us Sum speaking each academic discipline (say history, politics, economics and evensciences) have their own philosophy or general guiding principles and theoretical frame as liberal arts subjects is no exceptions. There is indeed a rich PHILOSOPHICAL traditionsrelating to EDUCATION in both east and west. Every post-graduate students of EDUCATION need to befamiliar with the theories and philosophy of EDUCATION . Educational practices and planning in allparts of the world are influenced by theories and philosophy of EDUCATION and values the state andsociety desires to promote through EDUCATION .

6 In this unit we shall attempt to familiarize you withphilosophy of OBJECTIVESA fter studying this unit, you will be able: Explain the meaning, features & different branches of philosophy. Illustrate the meaning & nature of EDUCATION . Compare how philosophy & EDUCATION are related to each other. Sate the meaning of educational philosophy. Analysis the value of studying educational PHILOSOPHYP hilosophy in a general sense is conceived a person s sum of his fundamental beliefs andconvictions . We have some ideas concerning physical objects, our fellow persons, the meaningof life, death, God, right and wrong, beauty and ugliness, and the like. Of course, these ideas areacquired in a variety of ways, and they may be vague and confused. Philosophy is a guide forliving; because the issues it addresses are basic and pervasive, determining the course we takein life.

7 Hence we can say that all the aspects of human life are influenced and governed by thephilosophical always ask these questions: Who we are? Is there a higher existence thatdetermines our existence? What is the relationship between nature and human beings? What isthe meaning of life? Are our senses reliable in telling us about the truth of the universe? How dowe get to know about the world? What is the relationship between the mind and the body? Theyfurther ask these questions: What is happiness? What is virtue? What is the relationship betweenindividuals and the collective? How can we organize a society and an economy that promote thecommon good? What methods should we employ to find out truth from false statements? Can weever hope to find out the truth of our existence?Philosophy is reflection of the above questions. Hence, philosophy is the study of generaland fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, law,justice, validity, mind, and language.

8 Moreover, philosophy is rationally thinking, of a more orless systematic kind about the general nature of the world metaphysics or theory of existence,the justification of belief - epistemology or theory of knowledge, and the conduct of life - ethicsor theory of MEANINGO xford Collins Cobuild Dictionary (2006) Philosophy is the study or creation of theories about basic things such as the nature ofexistence, knowledge, thought, or about how people should Philosophy is a particular theory that someone has about how to live or how to deal with aparticular English Dictionary: Study the principle of existence behavior and knowledge;study the nature of human thought & of the word philosophy comes from a combination of two Greek words- philos meaning love and sophi meaning wisdom. Etymologically, philosophy means the love of love something is to desire it.

9 So, for many Greeks, the philosopher was the one who desiredwisdom. Wisdom is not only knowledge. One may have knowledge, but he may not be constitutes knowledge plus its implication in all circumstances. Thus philosophy givesman that wisdom with the help of which they understand the whole universe and its implication inrelation to themselves & the people around. Hence philosopher could also be characterised asthe friend of wisdom . In this regard, Plato in his Republic stated that He who has a tastefor every sort of knowledge and who is curious to learn and is never satisfied may be termedphilosopher . It means a philosopher is interested in all type of knowledge where as a physicistin physical process of universe, an historian in the past events, a geographer in the naturalcondition of the universe, a biologist in the biological process etc.

10 But a philosopher has amultidimensional outlook and interest. The philosopher is thoughtful, remains in a thoughtfulmood, being in search of new ideas, new knowledge with the help of his growing are interested in the first principle and the final conclusion of all branches ofknowledge. Philosophers come under different PHILOSOPHICAL school of thought such as idealist,naturalist, pragmatist, existentialist, perennialist, realist, essentialist, progressivist etc. accordingto their approach to answer the PHILOSOPHICAL enquire. Philosophies vary from culture to cultureplace to place and time to time. Thus different person having their different ideologies, ways oflife, tend to have different types of philosophies. Here, the search of philosopher is for understandingMan, Nature and the is a system of beliefs about reality.