What is most real or important about a human being is his mind or intelligence. Whereas the World Mind is perfect, the human mind is imperfect and limited, a prisoner of the body. Ideas are far back in our minds and must be brought forward into consciousness. Implications of idealism for education a. General emphasis on those subject areas that promote the development of thinking, ethics, and aesthetics.
Teacher uses lectures and demonstrations.
Student memorizes and recites or performs on tests. Realist state that a. an objective order of reality exists that is independent of human knowing or willing. This information is conveyed to our minds where we organize it into concepts or abstractions. This power or choice is what liberates man and gives him the possibility of being free. Implications of Realism for education a.