Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived during the 18th century, which was known as the Enlightenment. During the Enlightenment or the Age of Reason, society was to be transformed using reasoning rather than tradition and advance knowledge through science. He was known as a political theorists and prophet of naturalism.
Rousseau left home at the age of sixteen and became a wander. He pursued many different occupations during this time such as a poet, tutor and musician. In 1751, he wrote The Discourse on the Arts and Sciences, in which he challenged the basic assumptions of the Enlightenment. He questioned if sciences were the means to truth. He explored the question, “Has the restoration of the sciences and arts helped to purify morals?”
Jean-Jacques’ outlook on education was depicted in Emile. It argued a child-centered education and a fantasy. The archbishop, in 1762, condemned the book. His educational beliefs were built on his childhood, which was at times stressful and dramatic. His mother died resulting from complications from the pregnancy of him. His father was high status, so it felt as if he lived an uneven life.
Emile is a novel of a young orphan boy who was reared by a tutor. He was educated in a setting similar to homeschooling so the tutor has responsibility over his development. In Rousseau’s conventional school, the teachers set up the classroom as an environment that was influenced by the students so it would create specific outcomes in these students. The socioeconomic status of one was a major influence on the education of a student.
Rousseau’s works depicted that he believed all humans were good at birth until they come in contact with society. He depicts in Emile the philosophy that education begins with the student not the teacher. He questioned educators on the idea that they will soon have to educate a whole new genre of human beings because the traditional schools were being encrypted with social injustices that students had to accept and hypocrisies of a corrupting society. If the child can flourish without this corrupting society then the child’s self identity can be created with natural goodness.
Jean-Jacques’ Emile had an influence on education because it brought to the attention that childhood is a necessary and critical stage of development. He believed that from infancy to five years old, a person should take as long as they needed to for these stages of development. His child centered prospective created a liberal education, which was implemented in higher education.
Rousseau left home at the age of sixteen and became a wander. He pursued many different occupations during this time such as a poet, tutor and musician. In 1751, he wrote The Discourse on the Arts and Sciences, in which he challenged the basic assumptions of the Enlightenment. He questioned if sciences were the means to truth. He explored the question, “Has the restoration of the sciences and arts helped to purify morals?”
Jean-Jacques’ outlook on education was depicted in Emile. It argued a child-centered education and a fantasy. The archbishop, in 1762, condemned the book. His educational beliefs were built on his childhood, which was at times stressful and dramatic. His mother died resulting from complications from the pregnancy of him. His father was high status, so it felt as if he lived an uneven life.
Emile is a novel of a young orphan boy who was reared by a tutor. He was educated in a setting similar to homeschooling so the tutor has responsibility over his development. In Rousseau’s conventional school, the teachers set up the classroom as an environment that was influenced by the students so it would create specific outcomes in these students. The socioeconomic status of one was a major influence on the education of a student.
Rousseau’s works depicted that he believed all humans were good at birth until they come in contact with society. He depicts in Emile the philosophy that education begins with the student not the teacher. He questioned educators on the idea that they will soon have to educate a whole new genre of human beings because the traditional schools were being encrypted with social injustices that students had to accept and hypocrisies of a corrupting society. If the child can flourish without this corrupting society then the child’s self identity can be created with natural goodness.
Jean-Jacques’ Emile had an influence on education because it brought to the attention that childhood is a necessary and critical stage of development. He believed that from infancy to five years old, a person should take as long as they needed to for these stages of development. His child centered prospective created a liberal education, which was implemented in higher education.