Humanism, which prevailed in the 16th century, was soon turned into Ciceronianism and eventually "realism"in educational thought. It was called-up as a reaction to Ciceronianism.
Development of a scientific way of thinking and deeper study of modern...
Humanism, which prevailed in the 16th century, was soon turned into Ciceronianism and eventually "realism"in educational thought. It was called-up as a reaction to Ciceronianism.
Development of a scientific way of thinking and deeper study of modern languages fostered and promoted this "educational realism" to replace Ciceronianism and to introduce and innovation in education. This educational realism may be divided into three realisms-humanistic realism, social realism, and sense realism.
Humanistic realism, dealt with in Chapter II, seeks substantial elements of education in classics, though it presents a striking contrast to formalism. Social realism, as examined in Chapter III, disapproves of and rejects the cramming of book knowledge and asserts that the substance of education should be actual experiences in social life. Sense realism as examined in Chapter IV agrees with the former two on the point that formalism or lingualism should be rejected and that actual life, and not book knowledge, should be taken up for educational performance.
Sense realism, however, went beyond humanistic and social realism and incorporated scientific attitude and knowledge with life experience for the subject matter of education while the other two failed to do so. Johann Amos Comenius was an educationalist who succeeded in making innovations on the basis of this sense realism. It might be said that "sense realism" has exerted stronger influence upon the trend of education than imagined by most educationalists