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PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION

PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION. Seth A. Agbo Centre for Policy Studies in Education Faculty of Education The University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C. Canada. What does it mean to be educated?. Aims.

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PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION

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  1. PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION • Seth A. Agbo • Centre for Policy Studies in Education • Faculty of Education • The University of British Columbia • Vancouver, B.C. Canada

  2. What does it mean to be educated?

  3. Aims • General Statements that provide both shape and direction to the more specific actions designed to achieve some future product or behavior.

  4. Aims of Education • Broadly phrased statements of educational intent.

  5. Who does the aiming for education?

  6. Educational Aims: • reflect value judgments and value-laden statements • furnish educators with guides for the educational process essentially guide and direct our educational efforts • are generated in response to general societal concerns at particular times • point to goals that are attainable but with difficulty

  7. American public opinion about education--1969 Gallup poll • to get better jobs 44% • to get along better with people at all levels 43% • to make more money and achieve financial success 38% • to attain self satisfaction 21% • to stimulate their minds 15% • miscellaneous reasons 11%

  8. RESEARCH: 1. Aims of American Public education • Spencer’s Report (1859) • Committee of Ten (1892) • Seven Cardinal Principles (1918) • The Purpose of Education in American Democracy (1938) • Education for all American Youth (1944) • The Central purpose of American Education (1961) • A Nation at Risk (1983)

  9. 2. Determine future directions of American education.

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