MEANING AND DISCIPLINE OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION AND ITS RELEVANCE TO NIGERIAN EDUCATION

Authors

  • SULYMAN, Abdulganiy Aremu Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Federal University Lokoja Author
  • YUSUF, Saleh Sadau Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Federal University Lokoja Author
  • ELIASU, Surajudeen Ajao Abiola Arts Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin Author

Keywords:

Philosophy, Education, Philosophy of Education, Nigerian Education

Abstract

This paper examined the meaning of philosophy of education in various perspectives or senses which include etymology, popular thinking as well as professional reasoning. It also discussed the discipline of philosophy of education. It also looked into the contents of Nigerian education in accordance with the 2013 National Policy on Education (NPE) and the practice of education in the present-day Nigeria. Following this, it shed light on the relevance and usefulness of the meaning and discipline of philosophy of education to educational development in the country. The relevance is conceptual, epistemological and socio-moral development. Finally, it suggested what Nigerians should do for educational and societal development in the light of the meaning and discipline of philosophy of education. In this paper, philosophical analysis is employed for logical, linguistic, critical, objective and expository standing of this work.

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Published

2025-07-31

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): AJASSE

Section

Articles