Historical Change of Educational Metaphors and Its Relation to Politics
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Augustinas Dainys
Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Published 2020-12-28
https://doi.org/10.15388/SRE.2020.7
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Keywords

educational problem
sculptor
gardener
guide
socialism
liberalism

How to Cite

Dainys, A. (2020) “Historical Change of Educational Metaphors and Its Relation to Politics”, Vilnius University Open Series, 3, pp. 77–94. doi:10.15388/SRE.2020.7.

Abstract

The article describes three metaphorically designated educational conceptions: the antique notion of the educator as a sculptor, the new age notion of the educator as a gardener, and our era’s emerging educator as a guide. All conceptions of education provide a specific answer to the problem of education, which consists of the fact that a human being is defined to be undefined, therefore the formation of a person depends on the educator. The educator as a sculptor addresses this problem by forcing a preconceived conception of reason on learners. The educator as a gardener accepts every learner and educates him or her by dealing with their individual capacities. The educator as a guide combines the educational method of the sculptor and the gardener: as a sculptor has a vision of the educational process, and as a gardener attempts that every learner walks this path himself or herself. The educational conception of the educator as a sculptor is socialist and the conception of the educator as a gardener is liberal. The educator as a guide corresponds to the emerging new conception of politics in our time, which has a task of reconciling socialism and liberalism.

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