AIMS OF EDUCATION

Loving Caring

Competent Main aims Lovable

of
education is
to produce
people who
are:
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Must be reflective of
It need to mirror the
our communities
changes in a way
and pursuit of
that is culturally and
happiness of an
individually relevant.
individual
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Care for children

Students should learn the

knowledge and skills necessary to Care for
environment help them to navigate the world the elderly
around them. In the same time

care for animals

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Subjects using
thematic of care
Two
themes of
care in
schools
Subjects remain
according to modern
days discipline but
incorporate theme of
care.
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Subjects using
thematic care

•Caring for
Life stages, Caring for •E human
strangers and
spiritual growth intimate others made world
global others

•Encourage
To develop to
competence
be an Love, friendship •War poverty
with machines
admirable and parenting and tolerance
and technology
character
marvels
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Subjects remain according to

modern days discipline but
incorporate theme of care in each
subject such as:

War Poverty Crime Racism Sexism

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Life and its
meaning

Teachers and
Role of students must
religions discuss in all Existence
subjects about:

Nature of
God
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Teaching themes of care and discussing existential

questions in schools

Will give students knowledge and prudence

To make spiritual decisions for themselves as

individuals, separate from the public sphere
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It is important for
Personal direction in
curriculum to adapt or
gaining knowledge and
tailored to fit the personal
skills must be given
interest of students and
importance rather than
make core subjects
achievement scores.
applicable to real life.
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Educational objectives must be constructed cooperatively by teachers
and students.

In addressing personal interests, the traditional college-bound

curriculum and practices of specialization should be abandoned.

If students are anticipated to engage with subject matter then scope of

subject matter must be broad, to educate the students as a “whole
person”
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Students should not be

Society's attachment
penalized for not
to scores and social
learning something on
stigmas related to
the first attempt if
specialization should
learning is actually the
be abandoned.
goal.
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(CONT.)

Students should :

not be forced into learning from

a specific curriculum.

Be given the practical life skills to

make well-informed choices.
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(CONT.)
Students should :
• Be allowed to change their minds about what
they want to learn, when given more
opportunity and information to reflect.

• Practise the skills needed for public

participation.
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• Focus should be on the
opportunity to explore other
areas, instead of trying to
provide the same learning
opportunities for all, in a rigid,
antiquated and often irrelevant
model of academic success.
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Educators should not accept things
as they are, without continuous and
rigorous contemporary reflection.

Educators must question WHY are

we teaching this..

What is more important? Curriculum

aims, test results or exposure to
traditionally labeled 'core subjects'?
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• Noddings,N.(2003). Happiness and Education. United States of America:

Cambridge University Press.