-One of the greatest problems of education, - Kant observes, -is how to unite submission to the necessary restraint with the child's capability of exercising his free will.- He explores potential solutions to this dilemma, stressing the necessity of treating children as children and not as miniature adults. His positive outlook on the effects of education include a conviction that human nature could be continually improved; to achieve this end, he advocated that pedagogy, the science of education, be raised to academic ...
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-One of the greatest problems of education, - Kant observes, -is how to unite submission to the necessary restraint with the child's capability of exercising his free will.- He explores potential solutions to this dilemma, stressing the necessity of treating children as children and not as miniature adults. His positive outlook on the effects of education include a conviction that human nature could be continually improved; to achieve this end, he advocated that pedagogy, the science of education, be raised to academic status and studied at a university level -- an innovative notion for the 18th century.
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