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Redden and Ryan:y Education is the deliberate and systematic
influence exerted by the mature person upon the
immature through instruction, discipline and theharmonious development of all the powers of thehuman being, physical, social, intellectual,aesthetic and spiritual, according to their essential
hierarchy, by and for their individual and social uses and directed towards the union of the educand with his Creator as the final end.
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NATU RAL BONDSy It is as natural for a man to impart his
conception of life to his offspring, throughthe process of education as it is for him totransmit his physical life through the processof generation.
y we must educate the young in order thatwe hand on the torch of life to prosperity.
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LOGICAL BONDy T he core or heart of any given system of
education is found in the ideals it sets out toattain. T hese ideals are determined throughthe philosophy. Once ideals have beenestablished, it may be said to be followed
logically that a system of educationmust be set up in order to perpetuatethem.
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SOCIAL BONDSy Education aims at the
perpetuation of social institutions which are based ona philosophy of life and the progress of society.
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CULTU RAL BONDSy T he very essence of culture is to be
found in the ideals toward which itaspires. Philosophy determinesideals. And culture in all its phases,
including philosophy, is transmitted through the institutions of education.
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H UMAN BONDSy T o prevent education from becoming
mechanical, whereby it would be trulyeducational the teacher must give herself tothe work of education. H er mind and her heart are in it. She must contribute to it all
that she possesses of wisdom and knowledge.Her faith must be manifested in her deeds.Her hopes must spur her own.
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RELIGIOUS BONDSy R eligion has an extraordinary penetrative influence, the main reasonbeing that belief in the omnipresecenceof God is a strong different from evil.Every dogma, every amendment, every prohibition has a meaning for lifetherefore is educative.
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CON CLUS IONy Philosophy of education may be defined
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as the application of the fundamental principles of philosophy of life to the work of education. It offers criteria for intelligent interpretation of educational ends and means.
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ADD ENDUMy An educator not only holds certain beliefs
and the ideals of life, he also tries to convertthe pupils to his own views and his own wayof life.
y Mahatma Ghandi describes education as
an all around drawing out of the best inchild and man body, mind and spirit.
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