philosophical and psychological basis of general science education education as a process
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A.Broks Philosophical and Psychological Basis of General Science Education
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University of Latvia, RIGADecember 2nd, 2011
VIII IOSTE SYMPOSIUM FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Science and Technology Education:TRENDS AND MAIN TENDENCIES IN THE 21st CENTURY
University of LatviaAssoc.prof., Dr.Phys.
ANDRIS BROKS
E-mail: [email protected]: http://blogi.lu.lv/broks/Mob.phone : +371 26 567 120
Philosophical and Psychological Basis of General Science Education
E D U C A T I O N as a processmeans specially organized gaining of
LIFE EXPERIENCE FOR LIFE
E D U C A T I ON
General and Professional Education
Content of education
Methods of education
LIFE EXPERIENCE (theory)
Knowledge Values Skills
Cognition Consideration Behaviour
LIFE (practice)
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Sensations / excitations
Spiritual
W o r l d – human’s life medium
Conscious or purposefull
materialization of images and
concepts * *
Arts - images, emotional expression of thoughts - FEELINGS Sciences – concepts, rational expression of thoughts - MIND
Human – body and spirit (feelings, mind, will)
Homo sapiens conscious (artistic and scientific) reflection of sensed world and following purposeful actions as
conscious materialization of corresponding images and concepts
Human’s spiritual
world
Systemic organization and action of human’s consciousness
T h i n k i n g – spiritual process
as systemic processing of information within human’s brain
Excitation of thoughts
Human’s world of thoughts
World – human’s life medium
Materialization of artistic and/or
scientific thoughts
Reflection of sensed world in human’s consciousness – it means building s y s t e m s of thoughts,
it is s y s t e m s t h i n k i n g process as fundamental way of human’s conscious spiritual life.
There are artistic and scientific thought s y s t e m s within human’s consciousness
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T h i n k in g means building theories
Reflection of sensed world builds OUR WORLD OF THOUGHTS
THEORIES
Consideration
Cognition Behavior ( up from practice ( down from theory to theory ) to practice )
PRACTICE
Human’s spiritual life : interconnected - systemic
artistic (feelings based), scientific (mind based), pragmatic (will based) t h i n k i n g
THEORY
SCIENTIFIC THINKING
Theory – result of cognition for meaningful behaviour
PRACTICE
Up and down - forward !
Fundamental Science Applied Science Educational Science
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Scientific Thinking
Reality and Precision, Facts and Causes when reflecting sensed world within human’s consciousness
World of thoughts
Scientific THEORIES
Consideration
Fundamental SCIENCE Applied SCIENCE
PRACTICE
Material world
Science Education as educational scientific research process
Fundamental Science – THEORY Applied Science –RESEARCH RESEARCH
Discription:comprehension,
causality
Conceptualization:understanding,
factology
Observations
Project development
Preparation of projectrealization
Realization ofprojectCognition Behaviour
Consideration
PRACTICE
Educational research process includes study of both fundamentaland applied research as creative gaining of life experiencefor life to
satisfy definite needs of person or society.
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What educationfor what life ?
Everyday use of artistic and scientific
achievements
Pragmatic creativity
WILL(needs,
resources)PRAGMATIC
EnjoymentInspirationFEELINGS
(images,imagination)ARTISTIC
Service, control, exploitation of our
modern life medium
Fundamentaland appliedresearch
MIND(concepts,
comprehension)SCIENTIFIC
Existence(consumer’s life)
Development
LIFE STYLEE D U C A T I O N
Balanced development of human’s conscious spirit
FEELINGS
(images - artistic way of
thinking)
MIND
(concepts - scientific way of
thinking)
WILL (evaluation of the
usefulness of given images and concepts)
Pragmatic people * * Materialization Scientific people * Conceptualization * Artistic people Imagination * *
ARTS
SCIENCES
REALITY
Self-sufficient and creative person today needs highly developed s y s t e m of feelings, mind and will,
usually with definite accent on appropriate group of personal properties.