The Educational Theory of Ernest Becker

Authors

  • Joseph A. Scimecca

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v12i2.43762

Abstract

Ernest Becker, while not primarily known for his educational writings, developed a theory of education which stressed the liberation of the individual. Becker's total work provides an ideal-real social science, and an ethical imperative for understanding human behavior. Based upon the principles of "immortality-striving" and "self-esteem maintenance," Becker offers an alternative system of education where one's own life, one's own freedom, becomes the basis of one's education.

Author Biography

Joseph A. Scimecca

*Joseph A. Scimecca is in the Department of Education Policy Programs and Institutions, SUNYAlbany, New York, U.S.A

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Published

2018-05-11

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (1978)

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