Kindless Philosophy

The ‘Mixed Ability group’ focuses on discovering each student’s individuality, uniqueness, and potential. Of course, ‘potential’ must take into account an individual’s genetic limitations. However, in this ‘mixed ability grouping’, it can be maximized through equalization of environmental factors. And above all, the role of the teacher is important, and the role of the teacher in this grouping must take into account the principle of ‘equality’. This is because it cannot be concluded that students with low immediate achievement levels do not have potential.(Ibid., 9) This means the ‘principle of equality’ or ‘egalitarianism’ also means ‘equality of opportunity.’ Just because a country in the Western world has a Christian worldview, it obviously has no right to refuse entry to immigrants from the Islamic world or Eastern third countries. The Rationale “In this chapter we shall be concerned to articulate and comment on what we see as the central arguments used by teachers and others in ed...

 “The book has a second and complementary purpose which is linked to its appearance in this series of Introductory Studies in Philosophy of Education. We hope that it will serve to illustrate the kind of contribution which philosophy of education can make to the examination of a practical educational problem. In this sense it may usefully serve as an introduction to philosophy of education. With this in mind we have tried to avoid or explain any particularly technical terms and have not assumed any special familiarity with the philosophical literature.” ( Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Education , 2017, xii) This is a general introduction to educational philosophy. Before approaching educational philosophy, let’s look at simple concepts first. First, learning is the acquisition or change of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values ​​​​through personal experience. This can be self-directed or it can occur in a formal educational setting. Learning something means that it h...