n Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship = Koers : Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap - Ses dekades opvoedingsfilosofie sedert J. Chris Coetzee - waar staan ons vandag? : research article

Abstract

Six decades of philosophy of education since J. Chris Coetzee - where do we stand today?

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Approximately six decades have gone by since Professor J. Chris Coetzee first published his "Introduction to the philosophy of education" (the title of which can be translated as "Introduction to general theoretical education"). This article is aimed at explaining how the field of reformational philosophy of education in South Africa has developed during these six decades. The discussion does not follow the pattern of a mere historical review of events in the field. Use is made of recent developments in the fields of the history and sociology of science to explain the condition that philosophy of education in South Africa currently finds itself. Theories about the evolution of science developed by Kuhn, Neurath, Barrow and others are used to explain the nature of the crises experienced in this field of science.

Ses dekades het verloop sedert professor J. Chris Coetzee die eerste keer sy "Inleiding tot die algemene teoretiese opvoedkunde" gepubliseer het. Hierdie artikel het ten doel om te verduidelik hoe die reformatoriese opvoedingsfilosofie in Suid-Afrika in hierdie ses dekades ontplooi het. Die bespreking is nie in die vorm van 'n blote oorsig van gebeure nie. Aan die hand van onlangse insigte op die terreine van die filosofie en die sosiologie van die wetenskap word verduidelik waarom die reformatoriese opvoedingsfilosofie in Suid-Afrika tans in die staat verkeer waarin dit wel is. Teorieë oor die ontplooiing van die wetenskap ontwikkel deur Kuhn, Neurath, Barrow en andere word gebruik om die aard van die krisisse wat hierdie vakgebied ondervind, te verduidelik.