Idealism in Education. Tradition and the Present. Selected Approaches and Implications

Abstract

The paper present selected approaches to ancient and modern idealistic thought and its
ability to influence how we think about education. Idealism has evolved from systemic
understanding and interpreting reality to more subjective forms where an idea is rooted
within the subject, its consciousness or self-consciousness in the first place. It turns out that
idealism understood in such a way can still inspire the way educational activities are viewed.
This refers in particular to the following categories: subjectivity, individualism, cognition,
understanding, surrounding world, experienced world, mutual infiltration of individuals and
systems.