PEDAGOGICAL VIEWPOINTS OF JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU

Jean- Jacques Rousseau is one of the most prominent French Pedagogues, who had a tremendous influence that he considered that his influence was extremely great in the French Bourgeois Revolution. He is considered one of the most significant Personages in the history of education, including industrial and practical Art education (Pannabecker, R. John, 1995). He was especially familiar with the natural idea, where the education of children was based on nature; he made a request to go back to nature. Rousseau had dealt with various topics of education, including physical, intellectual, moral and job education. Rousseau, was of the opinion that children should be educated and fed by the Mother rather than the Nurse, and by the age of 2 the main focus should be on their physical education. He considered that by the age of twelve, there is no need for proper intellectual education, according to him this should begin after this age. Rousseau had a different view of men for the education of women, and according to him, girls should be educated to create families, caring for husband and children, and doing housework. Rousseau was against physical punishments, but he was for the natural punishment towards children. Rousseau, very importantly considered the moral education of children, but according to him, this education should begin when the child is mature and is able to understand the moral concepts According to Rousseau, the reason solely teaches us to know good and evil, our conscience, which makes us love one another and hate the other one, it is regardless from the reason but cannot grow strongly without its assistance (Rousseau, J, J.1889 ).