Rousseau And Plato's Theory Of Nature

      Rousseau and Plato's theory of nature vs. nurture in early childhood education
Name Institution     Rousseau emphasized the importance of nurture from an early age, where the mothers are actively involved in caring for a child and improves the child’s physical well-being and emotional well-being. At the infant stage, the freedom of movement is essential for mental and emotional education, as well as a healthy development. Where possible, practicality, and teaching from experience helps to improve learning when compared to abstract moral ideas, which the child cannot fully understand. Similar approaches to the stages of development abstraction also rarely mention the role of abstraction thinking in education. Socialization in education reflects the societal values, while Plato underlined the need for education to seek the truth, while Rousseau emphasized the stages of development inform decisions on learning and education  Young people adapt to the immediate environment where the dominant cultures, beliefs, norms, and behavior are what influence them to appreciate the values and commitments of the adults in their communities. Socialization then remains one of the goals of education where students are taught shared knowledge and values.  The ability of the children to remember what they have learned allows them to function and adjust well in certain cultures. Education reinforces values and beliefs, which makes societies more homogeneous, and there are societal pressures and expectations for people to behave in certain ways based on what they have learned. Even what schools teach as the required skills are closely tied to values in a...