Self-Education: a Gandhian Perspective [Hardcover]

The purpose of this inquiry in the philosophy of education is to get clearer about some aspects of self-education which is a form of education that is self-directed by the individual, produced in deliberately conducted experiments and gained through experience. The conceptual aspects of self-education are those which are breaking up the self-educative process into features like choosing, deciding, and doing. It normative aspects are examined with the help of an hypothesis on what self-education ought to be, namely a means and an end following a humanistic line in though and action. The inquiry is undertaken in a Gandhian perspective, i.e., it attempts to demonstrate some principal features of Gandhian though without following their each and every detail. It is at times even a criticism of Gandhian thought and obeys in this the Gandhian desire to examine ruthlessly to arrive at truth About The Author:- Dr. Bernd Pflug is a teacher at Kodaikanal International school, Tamilnadu. His research is focused on humanistic aspects in a philosophy of education. The present study was conducted during his Sabbatical 1993-94 as a Visiting Professor at the School of Gandhian Studies and Peace Science, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala. Contents:- Preface • Synopsis • Introduction and thesis • Self-education and congruence • Self-education and situation truth • Self-educating experiencing and congruence yielding • Conclusion • References and note • Bibliography • Index. The Title 'Self-Education: a Gandhian Perspective written/authored/edited by Bernd P. Flug', published in the year 2013. The ISBN 9788121205092 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 178 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Education. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-