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    Idealism holds that ideas are the only true reality and focuses on conscious reasoning. Plato, the father of idealism, believed there are two worlds - the eternal spiritual world of ideas and the imperfect sensory world. The aims of an idealist education are to discover and develop each student's abilities and moral character to serve society through methods like Socratic dialogue, introspection, and imitating heroes. The curriculum focuses on mind subjects like literature and philosophy. The teacher plays a central role as a role model and student obedience is valued over independent thought.

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    Idealism holds that ideas are the only true reality and focuses on conscious reasoning. Plato, the father of idealism, believed there are two worlds - the eternal spiritual world of ideas and the imperfect sensory world. The aims of an idealist education are to discover and develop each student's abilities and moral character to serve society through methods like Socratic dialogue, introspection, and imitating heroes. The curriculum focuses on mind subjects like literature and philosophy. The teacher plays a central role as a role model and student obedience is valued over independent thought.

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    Idealism holds that ideas are the only true reality and focuses on conscious reasoning. Plato, the father of idealism, believed there are two worlds - the eternal spiritual world of ideas and the imperfect sensory world. The aims of an idealist education are to discover and develop each student's abilities and moral character to serve society through methods like Socratic dialogue, introspection, and imitating heroes. The curriculum focuses on mind subjects like literature and philosophy. The teacher plays a central role as a role model and student obedience is valued over independent thought.

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    Idealism

    Idealism is a philosophical approach that has as its central meaning that ideas are
    the only true reality, the only thing worth knowing. In a search for truth, beauty, and
    justice that is enduring and everlasting, the focus is on conscious reasoning in the
    mind. Plato, father of Idealism, espoused this view about 400 years BC, in his
    famous book, The Republic. Plato believed that there are two worlds. The first is the
    spiritual or mental world, which is eternal, permanent, orderly, regular, and universal.
    There is also the world of appearance, the world experienced through sight, touch,
    smell, taste, and sound, that is changing, imperfect, and disorderly.

    The Aims of Education

    In idealism the aim of education is to discover and develop each individual's


    abilities and full moral excellence in order to better serve society.

    Methods of Teaching

    Teaching methods focus on handling ideas through lecture, discussion, and


    Socratic dialogue (a method of teaching that uses questioning to help
    students discover and clarify knowledge). Introspection, intuition, insight, and
    whole-part logic are used to bring to consciousness the forms or concepts
    which are latent in the mind. Character is developed through imitating
    examples and heroes.

    Curriculum

    The curricular emphasis is subject matter of mind: literature, history,


    philosophy, and religion.

    Role of the Teacher


    idealism is traditional philosophy of education in which teacher has centeral
    role who has to be role model so that the students will adopt his model to
    become good citizen.

    Role of the Student

    Idealists have imagined an ideal student. To Bogoslovasky, The student is a


    finite person, growing, when properly educated into the image of an infinite
    person. Idealists give more importance to thoughts and secondary place to
    student in the educational process.

    They consider a child under the control of the teacher. Teacher is the maker
    of his destiny. A student must obey his teacher.

    The order of his teacher is supreme for him and he must follow it. Other
    directions may be ignored. A student must have qualities like respect towards
    his teacher. The relationship between teacher and taught must be positive
    and congenial.
    Reference:

    Author: Knight, G. R. (1998).


    Book Title: Issues and alternatives in educational philosophy (3rd ed.). Michigan:
    Andrew University Press.

    Author: Singh, Y.K. 2007).


    Book Title: (Philosophical foundations of education. New Delhi: APH
    Publishing Corporation.

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