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The aims of educationAlfred North Whitehead Week 5 6 Advanced English III Prof. Zhou zhoufuqiang@2601122332@ Pre-reading Questions 1 What are the aims of education? To learn general knowledge? To learn a skill? To pass examinations? To get prepared for a good job? And what else? List as many aims of education as you can think of. 2. In the Preface to his collection of essays on education, Whitehead stated explicityly, the whole book is a prtest against dead knowledge. What do you think is dead knowledge? 3.What’s your opinion about the difference between the general education and specialized education? About the Author Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) was a British mathematician, logician and philosopher best known for his work in mathematical logic and the philosophy of science. Whiteheads intellectual life is often divided into three main periods. from 1884 to 1910, he worked primarily on issues in mathematics and logic. The second main period, from 1910 to 1924, corresponds roughly to his time at London. During these years Whitehead concentrated mainly, but not exclusively, on issues in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of education. The third main period corresponds roughly to his time at Harvard, from 1924 onward. It was during this time that he worked primarily on issues in metaphysics. Whiteheads Process Philosophy Key Ideas Whiteheads Philosophy of Education Some Quotes The Aims of Education (1929) Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead (1954) FEELS Model Organization and Development First part: paras. 1-3 Second part: paras. 4-9 In the first part: 1. Distinction between culture and training; 2.Inert ideas, ideas passively received without being utilized, are not only useless but even harmful to education. In the second part: 1.Two educational commandments(para. 4); 2.Ideas should be combined and put into application(para. 5); 3.The understanding provided by the literary side of education: the joining of ideas(para.