The Relation between Virtual Education & the Objectives of Education from Point of View of Existence Philosophy

پژوهش نامه مبانی تعلیم و تربیت

Article 3, Volume 011, Issue 1, September 2010   

Document Type: پژوهشی

DOI: 10.22067/fe.v11i1.1435

Author

saeid zarghami^*

Abstract

In this research the role of virtual education in realizing the pedagogical objectives, which have been deducted from the common explications of key existence philosophers on human and his life, has been studied. The research method is comparative analysis of existence philosophers thought, one of qualitative research methods. The first objective is to help the learners in expressing and developing their feelings besides methods of applying reason. Based on the research findings, however, virtual experience is rather observational and mental than embodied and with bodily engagement with reality. The second objective is to pay attention to awareness, freedom and authenticity of the learners. Owing to this, educating learners as helpful society members is equal to preparing them for future career and life, for which virtual learning has created abundant and useful opportunities, and also means reviving, preserving and fostering traditions and genuine historical culture of that society to learners through day to day life, manner of speaking and social encountering like face to face contact with human character of a teacher. Finally some applied implications such as employing virtual education beside face to face education; emphasis on holistic view rather than the unilateral view in using virtual education; and designing virtual education for facilitating thinking, critique and creativity, have been mentioned in the Conclusion of this paper.
Keywords: virtual education- Face to face education-Existence Philosophers- objectives of education