AN OVERVIEW OF CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EXISTENTIALIST PHILOSOPHY

Apply

AN OVERVIEW OF CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EXISTENTIALIST PHILOSOPHY

Journal Title: The Journal of International Social Research - Year 2016, Vol 9, Issue 43

Abstract

Existentialism is a philosophical way of thinking that is human-centered. Existential philosophy look at people as a whole. Existential philosophy who just like other philosophical systems of human reasoning can not be considered as an asset. Existential philosophy, human emotional / irrational direction can not be neglected. At the same time, it's human instrumentalized to / commodification be it opposes. Existentialist philosophy especially increasing popularity in the 20th century and began to affect various aspects of life, the understanding and practice of educational change has also been effective. In our age, individualization of education, taking into account the teaching-learning process of individual differences, making education a student-centered, to be converted into a process of liberating education, classroom environment by training scientists and discourses such as the democratization of ardently defended the influence of existentialist philosophy undeniable that. Existential philosophy, which has affected the changes in educational approach has also influenced the understanding of classroom discipline. Existential philosophers emphasized that human freedom, subjectivity and only being able to build their own existence. Students are seen as individuals who should be put into a certain mold, training of students of compatible and to serve them become submissive individuals, programming and execution of acceptable terms of existentialist philosophy is not on. This is because according to state their point of view, being able to perform in front of students could pose a serious obstacle for their own existence. According to existentialist philosophy, human and its freedom takes precedence over any information. Therefore, freedom of the students can not be sacrificed in order to learn certain patterns of information in the classroom. Learning content, teaching using the case method to ensure their active participation in the course is already attract the attention of students. In this regard, the students often engage in undesirable behavior in lessons make a sign that the teacher is not sufficient to recognize students and select and use appropriate methods and techniques effectively . According to the existentialist philosophy teacher, who heaped orders to the students, they are not an authority founded on repression; offering students options, explanations which, directing them to think, is a guide to allow for allowing their decisions on their own free will. In this regard, the teacher in the classroom should not be a horror figure; class environment, not fear, must work to ensure the rule of love and understanding; rather than worry and anxiety, confidence and comfort; rather than repression, should try to dominate the freedom and responsibility. The aim of providing discipline according to existential philosophy, class of students to realize their own existence, to transform into environments that enables governments to take responsibility for their own existence. For this purpose each individual student should be the training center; traditional disciplinary practices such as the create a pressure, intimidation, the imposition of a fine should be abandoned where students feel comfortable and safe; feelings, democratic classroom environment where they can freely express their thoughts shall be established. Providing classroom discipline is only a tool, not a goal of effective / efficient for education that should never be ignored; freedom for the sake of the students in order to provide restrictive class should not attempt to suppress them receiving application. Because the existentialist philosophy, feeling individual's self-confidence, to think freely, to give their own decisions about it are very important. Teachers, adopt the existentialist philosophy of training and discipline is important for students, the development of all aspects of a healthy manner and thus to be able to contribute to the realization of their existence. The purpose of this article is to be made inferences about the classroom discipline problems from the perspective of general approach of existentialist philosophy related to the training of human and human. In this regard, the emergence of existentialist philosophy, consensus of opinions existentialist philosophers and is described general information based on the literature about the impacts of the education of these views; then, classroom discipline problems have been made in some of the reviews, to be taken into consideration of the perspective of the existentialist philosophy.

Authors and Affiliations

Nazım BAYRAKDAR

Keywords

Existentialism Discipline Classroom Discipline Perception of Discipline.

EP ID EP250937
DOI 10.17719/jisr.20164317710
Views 143
Downloads 0