Abstract
From a cultural-historical perspective, nature and nurture (and thus education) are contested concepts. The paper focuses on the nature/nurture debate in the work of William Shakespeare (influenced by Montaigne) and in the Romantic tradition (evidenced by Rousseau and Wordsworth), and argues that while our Romantic inheritance (still highly influential in education) problematises nurture, it tends to mystify nature. Given that conceptions of nature are culturally driven, there is an urgent educational challenge to problematise nature as well as nurture.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3-14 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Studies in Philosophy and Education |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2009 |
Event | Symposium on Environmental Concerns and the Transformation of Knowledge - Geneva, Switzerland Duration: 1 Jan 2009 → … |
Bibliographical note
Symposium on Environmental Concerns and the Transformation of Knowledge. Geneva, Switzerland, September, 2006. European Educ Res AssocID number: 000262373100002
Keywords
- Environment
- Romanticism
- Education
- Culture
- History
- Philosophy
- Nature