INDIVIDUAL PICTURE OF THE WORLD AS A COMPONENT OF TRIVIAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Journal Title: Problems of Education in the 21st Century - Year 2008, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
In the course of historical evolution the following main channels that form, consolidate and transmit the individual picture of the world: mythology; religion; philosophy; science; education are developed. In modern environment the abovementioned channels have been expanded by new ones: information technologies, cinematographic art, modern television. Education ceases to be the main channel responsible for formation, consolidation and transmission of the individual picture of the world. The common feature of the new channels is not the rational thought but a profoundly emotional reaction of a person to the environment. Withdrawal from the tradition of realism becomes one more means of formation of specific virtual reality. At present there are two pictures of the world: natural-science and humanitarian, in trivial consciousness they, as a rule, don’t correlate. This is reflected in discussions on the subject matter of school education. This is the reason for the following principle that comes into effect: it is necessary that representatives of Humanities commence “to come down” to the problems of Natural Science, and representatives of Natural Science should “come up” to the level of humanitarian problems. From didactic point of view this stated principle shall lead to setting of the issue of formation of the picture of the world in the subject matter of school education. Modern movies and television programs reflect the latest scientific achievements, hypotheses and guesses much faster than the subject matter of school education. The active process of mythologisation of individual picture of the world is observed in modern society due to the inter-textual character of visual images created with the help of modern mass media. The subject matter of school education should work on the special mechanism of prompt reaction to any innovation in the area of modern science. It means that the subject matter of education, at schools in the first place, can not be static and rigid. General education requires appropriate mechanism of popularization of scientific achievements.
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Artashkina, T
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