A child’s mind is completely blank before they start to experience things in their like. Philosopher Locke thoroughly believes in this theory. The theory that a child from the start of birth is completely blank with no natural qualities about them already ingrained into their minds is a reasonable concept.A child’s mind develops from what they experience in their life, certain emotions affect the development, Mary Shelley supports this theory in her book Frankenstein, but their are some who believe that a child is not completely blank from the start.
The theory that children are developed through experiences is widely accepted. Experiences are what develop a child’s and they must be given good experiences to develop well, “Every child is born a savage(that is, …show more content…
Rousseau is a philosopher that believes that children are born a certain way and need an education that caters to that, “[Rousseau] reasoned that education should reflect this goodness and allow spontaneous interests and activities of the child” (Gordon 10). Rousseau, who believes that children are born good and innocent, thinks that they should have an education that reflects the goodness within them back to the child. This kind of education will keep the child good through their life and make them capable in society. Society is what changes a child though, “The method of his education is to keep at bay society’s perverting influence so that the child can grow accordingly to nature and to her or his original innocence” (Esterhammer 23). The child needs to be kept away from society so that their original innocence can remain as they grow older and develop their minds. Society will take that away from a child though and exploit their young minds. The basic summary of this theory is that a child is born a certain way, innocent, and their education needs to cater to that for their innocence to
The theory that children are developed through experiences is widely accepted. Experiences are what develop a child’s and they must be given good experiences to develop well, “Every child is born a savage(that is, …show more content…
Rousseau is a philosopher that believes that children are born a certain way and need an education that caters to that, “[Rousseau] reasoned that education should reflect this goodness and allow spontaneous interests and activities of the child” (Gordon 10). Rousseau, who believes that children are born good and innocent, thinks that they should have an education that reflects the goodness within them back to the child. This kind of education will keep the child good through their life and make them capable in society. Society is what changes a child though, “The method of his education is to keep at bay society’s perverting influence so that the child can grow accordingly to nature and to her or his original innocence” (Esterhammer 23). The child needs to be kept away from society so that their original innocence can remain as they grow older and develop their minds. Society will take that away from a child though and exploit their young minds. The basic summary of this theory is that a child is born a certain way, innocent, and their education needs to cater to that for their innocence to