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This 5 page paper examines Rousseau's educational philosophy through an examination of his book Emile. Emile is discussed in depth and applied to modern education. No additional sources cited.
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that involves learning, but that learning takes place every day, all the time. People are constantly learning. Recitation and reading are just some ways to learn, but are certainly not
the only ways. In essence, Emile who is at the center of this learning experience is taught spontaneously from his environment. His experienced is contrived to an extent, but it
seems to be something that actually prompts individuality. He begins to think for himself. It is quite interesting that many in education at least give lip service to the notion
that what they are teaching is first and foremost to get the child to think and come up with his or her own ideas. Of course, this never really comes
to fruition, at least not in every case. Many students slip by. They fall through the cracks and learn little, while others are out and about learning all the time.
Under the heading of The Meaning of Education Rousseau writes: "Everything is good as it comes from the hand of the Maker of the world but degenerates once it
goes into the hands of man" (11). In essence, man learns by doing and seeing and finding out things for himself. Things get tangled when one relies on the system
to teach. In fact, when examining contemporary life, one can see that a large compliant about the public school system is that it does not prompt children to think for
themselves. Rather, it provides a mold for what the ideal citizen should look like. With Emile as an example, Rousseau demonstrates what the proper upbringing of children should be.
He was perhaps the Dr. Spock of the dark ages. When Rousseau wrote about education, it was an issue that had been addressed in the literature at the time, but
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