TET Notes - Educational Thoughts of Plato

 

Educational Thoughts of Plato

 

v Educator should take advantage of this in the child and educate him.

 

v He should pay attention to the objects which surround the child.

 

v The process of education advances through this constant interaction between these objects and mind.

 

v A beautiful environment provides the right stimulus by which the mind develops.

 

v For this reason the child should be kept in a beautiful environment.

 

v The human being requires such environment not only in his childhood but also throughout his entire life.

 

v Because according to Plato the process of education is never complete.

 

v Plato laid the greatest stress on mental development in education.

 

v Education aims not merely at providing information but at training the individual in his duties and rights as a citizen.

 

Curriculum

 

                                                                                                              i.            Bodily Development

                                                                                                            ii.            Educational Impressions

                                                                                                         iii.            Training in Music

 

                                                 Role of Teacher

v The educator is considered to have the greatest importance.

 

v He is like the torch – bearer who leads a man lying in dark cave.

 

v His task is to bring the educed out of darkness of the cave into the light of the day.

 

v The methods of teaching Plato believe imitation to be of the greatest importance he shows that the child learns a great deal through limitation.

 

                                                     Education According to Social Status

v In any society the productive class is invariably the largest in size.

 

v In Plato’s scheme of education this class is granted only primary education which implies that productive class actually requires no more than primary education.

 

v Plato’s educational plan pays no attention to the individual differences.

 

v He suggested the some kind of education to be given to the entire class of people according to a uniform curriculum.

 

v Plato’s insistence on philosophy could only lead to an increase in number of contemplative individuals at the expense of more practical members.

 

v Plato’s curriculum neglected training in literature by stressing the importance of training in mathematics.

 

 

v In spite of the above defects many of the finest teachers still consider Plato as their only true guide.