Frankenstein and Education Writing Assignment

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Frankenstein and Education
There have been activists who dedicates their free time, careers, and resources and sometimes ready to die for what they believe in, in the recent decades' issues such as political injustices and inequality have led to major disruptions of daily lives in some of the regions in the world. This has been brought about by the increased methods of gaining knowledge where people have become aware of what they are entitled to and what they should not be subjected to. While there so many ways to share opinions some of the common methods always result in violence and dangerous street match by the activists. However, there are those who do not end up in the streets and if they do, they have shared their opinions through power writings and art. Such include Mary Shelley who through her masterpiece Frankenstein she manages to control several themes and concept and made an ever-relevant novel. Although there many themes in the novel there is an important notion of relation, protection or authority over people and nature based on knowledge and education. The following text is going to analyze Mary Shelly's popular work of Frankenstein based on the concepts of tutelage, knowledge and the relationship of the knowledge source; it ought to give the idea of the construction of knowledge fitting the same with the theory of constructivism and tandem with the concept of female education.
A number of education systems in the world are as a result of the industrial revolution. In Frankenstein, the education system plays an import role and has created major content in the book. Based on education and knowledge there is the concept of pupil and tutor relationship, construction of knowledge that is achieved through taking after the evocative learning experience. The above ideas fit into the modern education/ civilization and most importantly the theory of constructivism. There is an inhibition of a progressive environment that Mary Shelley is deeply buried into in the novel. Various modern education theories are related to the economic and social-cultural environment, which are immersed in the industrial revolution.
The constructivist notion of education in modern society can be traced back to the 19 century when educational psychologist Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. According to Woolfolk (359) learners are active in constructing their own knowledge and social interactions are important in these knowledge construction process. Further breaks down this statement by quoting that individual use resources, help from others and information to improve their problem-solving strategies and their mental health (359). Hence according to the constructionist theory, there are external and internal factors that are put together to develop the human. For example, during puberty, the hormone levels do affect the brain development both on the cognitive level and on the individual idea of self-concept (341). This concept of nature and nurture inhibited in development of human is shown in the Frankenstein version of 1818. They analyze the experience of the creature by presenting both environmental and biological implications. The novel presents the idea of the creature nerves and senses and their appropriate develo...