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ERIC Number: EJ952310
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Feb
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1857
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"The Other Half" of Education: Unconscious Education of Children
Main, Shiho
Educational Philosophy and Theory, v44 n1 p82-95 Feb 2012
Ideas about child education are inevitably underpinned by particular views of children, including their nature and development. The purpose of this paper is to discuss C. G. Jung's account of child education in relation to his psychological theory and view of children. However, as Jung's theory predominantly concerns the psychological development of adults and not children, the current paper makes selective use of Jung's texts that focus on children, and examines what Jung calls "the other half" of education that works through the teacher's personality indirectly affecting the student's development of personality. From a close study of Jung's texts, the paper discusses the nature and the extent of children's involvement in "the other half" of education and considers some problems with Jung's account of unconscious education. The paper identifies the active and autonomous roles played by children in unconscious education and suggests that Jung's account of "the other half of education" could provide fresh insights about the meaning and quality of education. (Contains 1 figure and 23 notes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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