Learning is the process of acquiring any information that modifies a person’s behavior, values and knowledge base. This thesis, from Plato to Kant and German idealism (Fichte, Schelling, Hegel) seems the main scientific trend up to today (BARON & STERNBERG, 1987a; BARON & STERNBERG, 1987b; ENNIS, 1987; QUELLMALZ, 1987; SMITH, 1987), in spite of contrasting voices, like Rousseau, against any guidance in philosophical education: the tradition of philosophical schools seems to deny these assumptions, at least “in actu exercito”.
The general goal of the Doctor of Philosophy program in Educational Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island is to …
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