Published: 2016-11-13

Education as Skill to Move in Life

Naděžda Pelcová
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Articles and essays
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2014.1.05

Abstract

The paper presents the conception of upbringing formulated by Jan Patočka, one of the best known Czech philosophers of education. In his opinion education is a lifelong movement in the context of which reciprocal relationships, being together, solidarity and intergenerational bond are formed. Thanks to this movement, young generation is introduced to the principles of the world, what never occurs without specific struggles, or even fights (in ancient Greek: agon). Patočka distinguishes between anchor movement, which has defensive character, and movement towards the truth or in the truth, which opens an individual to the others and allows it to develop.

Keywords:

upbringing, philosophy of education, intergenerational relationships

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Pelcová, N. (2016). Education as Skill to Move in Life. Pedagogical Forum, 4(1), 73–86. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2014.1.05

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