Ralph Waldo Emerson's Educational Philosophy as a Foundation for Cooperative Learning

Autor/inn/en	Williamson, Amy; Null, J. Wesley
Titel	Ralph Waldo Emerson's Educational Philosophy as a Foundation for Cooperative Learning
Quelle	In: American Educational History Journal, 35 (2008) 2, S.381-392 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1535-0584
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Cooperative Learning; Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Individual Power; Peer Relationship; General Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Kooperatives Lernen; Kritisches Denken; Denkfähigkeit; Eigeninitiative; Peer-Beziehungen; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung
Abstract	This article takes a closer look at Ralph Waldo Emerson's educational philosophy and its relationship to cooperative learning. Emerson believed that human beings should learn to think on their own, rather than solely acquire the craft of imitation or conformity by repeating the speech of their teachers. A liberating education, to Emerson, gives students the ability to challenge those in power when necessary. Cooperative learning and a continued use of creative teaching methods are keys to the kind of true student achievement that motivated Emerson's writing on education. Without this realization, the revelation of one's own ideas or leadership qualities will remain nothing more than a dream. Emerson believed that the core of a liberal education was for students to learn the process of thinking for themselves. Through peer interaction and well-planned cooperative learning activities, students can be developed into the kind of citizens who possess the self-reliant souls that Emerson envisioned. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10