ALPHABETIC INDEX of TOPICS... keywords
A (adaptability) (American culture) (American constitution) (adult immaturity and consumerism))
B (behaviourism) (behavioural paradigm) (biology of learning) (brain)(brain/mind)
C (cognitive processes: learning, remembering or 'memory')(conscience: function, development, evolution) (consciousness) (crisis in education) (critical practice)
E ethics: (science of ethics as moral science) (rational ethics)
F (facilitation of learning)(freedom)(freedom in education)freedom and democracy)
G (growth)
H (holistic paradigm: health as 'wellness'... holistic science and systems theory... learning theory... holistic education...)
(human nature in terms of: evolution... development... needs... intelligence... cultural perspective...spiritual or 'transpersonal' dimension... happiness)
I (intelligence) J K(knowledge)
L (language: functional and incorrect use)(learning theory)(love as wisdom of compassion or 'unconditional love')
M (memory)(moral science) (moral development) (moral education) (morality) (motivation)
N (neuroscience)('new education' as freedom in education) O
P (paradigm)(principles) (psychology: behavioural paradigm, holistic paradigm, transpersonal psychology, psychology and learning)
S (science: definition, history, classical science, holistic science) (scientists)
('self-transcendance' as transcendance of ego)... (so-called 'schizophrenia' as intense spiritual experience... 'spiritual emergence')
T (traditional paradigm)(traditional education as 'schooling' 'banking education')(transpersonal realm of human nature) (transpersonal perspective)
W (work as 'human work behaviour': its psychological value in human development)
A
Adaptability.... 'adaptability'
Human adaptability depends on...knowledge as the process of 'knowing'...
American culture... culture of capitalism, commercialism, consumerism...
Demands of 'capitalism' as 'commercialism' and 'consumerism' lead to promotion of adult immaturity
American education...
forced schooling as training for consumerism...
Adam Smith and 'laissez faire economics' 'economic man'
arrested development as 'adult immaturity'
American Constitution and dichotomous perception of human nature…
capitalism and 'marketing character orientation'...
education as schooled learning or 'schooling' ... 'traditional paradigm'
B...................................................................................
behavioural science or 'behaviourism'....
behavioural psychology- founder John Watson...
Behaviourism and learning theory i.e. 'behavioural paradigm or 'traditional pradigm'
conditioned learning or 'conditioning' as opposed to 'experiential learning'
conditioning as 'rote learning'...
Biology of learning ... see neuroscience
Behavioural paradigm
Biology of learning
experiential learning as 'brain-based learning'
synapse modification or 'neuroplasticity'
Critical Practice (Socrates... libratory education... 'libratory pedagogy'...)
Critical practice... transformative education as protection from 'media fallout'...
love as uncondtional love or 'universal love'...
Conscience
conscience and personality integration
creative intelligence or intuition......
Educational crisis
Education
educational theory (behavioural paradigm) (holistic paradigm)
Biology of ethics...
socio-cognitive stages of moral development
failure in moral development or 'evil'
Facilitation of learning
teaching as facilitation of learning
lesson planning in holistic paradigm
Freedom
feminist pedagogy as libratory pedagogy
Growth
mature growth as self-actualisation
Holistic paradigm
systems theory.. .....
planet earth as a natural system
holistic education as critical practice
learner evaluation as 'self-evaluation'
Holistic educators
progressive education movement
Human evolution
Human nature
human nature as nature of the human personality (biosocial perspective)
human nature in the American Constitution
human nature in terms of motives for human behaviour or 'human needs'
human organism as social organism
organismic valuing process or 'operative values'
source of human wickedness or 'evil'
spiritual needs as 'higher psychological needs'
'creative intelligence' or 'intuition'
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Intelligence
social intelligence as moral intelligence or 'morality'...
K..............................................................................................................
L..............................................................................................
language and conventional meanings
Learning theory
learning theory in the traditional or 'behavioural' paradigm
learning as 'condititioning' and ‘schooling’
learning theory in the holistic paradigm
'constructivist model' of Jean Piaget
'biological model' of Ovide Decroly
learning as 'experiential learning' (holistic learning)
M..............................................................................................
'map learning'...
maturity as mature development or 'self-actualisation'...
Montessori principles for complete personality development or 'normalisation'...
'marketing character orientation' of capitalist culture...
'mechanical universe' and Newton...
'memory' as retention of learning...
'metaneeds' as spiritual needs...
'modes of knowing' - 'intimate knowledge' and 'symbolic knowledge'...
MORALITY
morality in traditional paradigm i.e. 'moralism'.....
morality in holistic paradigm i.e. moral rationality or 'moral intelligence’...
morality as result of moral development: development of moral rationality or 'ethical reasoning'...
MORAL EDUCATION
moral education in traditional paradigm...
moral education in holistic paradigm as 'facilitation of moral development'...
MOTIVATION There are two types of motivation: First, 'normal' motivation by growth needs or 'metaneeds' i.e. growth motivation or 'metamotivation'. Second, 'abnormal' motivation by deficiency of growth needs i.e. 'deficiency motivation' or 'deficit motivation'.
motivation for human behaviour: its source in human motives or 'needs'...
'metamotivation' as motivation by growth needs or 'metaneeds'
‘deficit motivation' as motivation by deficiency of needs for self-esteem
motivation for extrinsic goals or 'extrinsic motivation'...
problem of motivation as key to 'educational crisis'..
N...........................................................................................
Neuroscience ('neural science')
founder of neuroscience Ramon Y Cajal
brain as maker of meaning or ‘organ of learning’
architecture of the nervous system - neuron, nerve impulse, synapse
biology of learning... brain/mind
brain as maker of meaning or ‘organ of learning’...
architecture of the nervous system -
neuron,
nerve
impulse,
synapse, ...
binding of neurotransmitter molecules in synaptic function. .
founder of neuroscience Ramon Y Cajal ...
cerebral hemispheres as basis for holistic brain functioning
neuroplasticity as the biological basis of learning...
prefontal lobes of the brain, their function in motivation...
synapse...
synapse structure and function as the biological basis for learning...
synapse modification (neuroplasticity) as the biological basis for the learning process…
'nerve impulse' as electrochemical signal in neurons...
'information flow' in the brain: role of the synapse...
neurotransmitters - their role in functioning of the synapse...
transmission of nerve impulses and its role in learning
search for the
'memory trace' or ‘engram’...
'subconscious'... its role in interpretation of environmental stimuli...
binding of neurotransmitter molecules in synaptic function
cerebral hemispheres as basis for olistic brain functioning
neuroplasticity as the biological basis of learning
New education... history of freedom in education
Socrates... Condillac... Comenius... Decroly... Montessori...
O.........................................................................................
'operative' values as values of the organism or ‘organismic’ values...
optimal learning or ‘optimalearning’…
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P..............................................................................................
paradigm and Thomas Kuhn (paradigm debate and paradign shift)...
paradigm... paradigm crisis in education... paradigm shift...
paradigm crisis in education or 'educational crisis'...
paradigm shift in education from traditional to holistic paradigm...
traditional paradigm of education (children assumed to be 'naturally lazy' and so must be forced to learn)
holistic paradigm of education (children assumed to be 'natural learners' and so must be freed to learn)
planet earth as a natural system...
personality development as moral development...
Piaget....
problem of motivation in educational crisis...
'problem of ethics'...
problem of motivation in educational crisis...
Principles of education (Maria Montessori)
Principles of brain-based learning (Renate Nummela and Geoffrey Caine)
Principles of biological program Ovide Decroly
behavioural psychology- founder
John Watson...
behavioural science or 'behaviourism'....