HUMANISM AND EDUCATION: IS DISTANCE EDUCATION A HUMANISM?

 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7523502

 

Sandro Dau

Graduated in Social Sciences, Bachelor in Anthropology of Communication, Graduated in Philosophy, Bachelor in Ancient Philosophy, Master in Philosophy (Ethics), Doctor in Philosophy (Ethics) and Postdoctoral in Philosophy (Ethics).

 

Shirley Dau

Prof. Ms. Shirley Dau. Graduated in Philosophy, BA in Philosophy; Master in Philosophy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She is currently an adjunct professor at the Federal University of São João Del-Rei. She has experience in the area of Philosophy, with emphasis on Theory of Knowledge, researching, mainly, the following themes: Methodology, Epistemology, Analytical Philosophy, Logic and language.

 

Sergio Rodrigues de Souza

Pedagogue, Philosopher. Scientific consultant.

ABSTRACT

The theme of this article is the possible relationship between humanism and active methods, for both discussing the epistemological foundations that support Distance Education. In this issue we want to know what are the minimum necessary conditions, to consider as an active methodology humanist trend? Therefore, our goal will be to identify aspects that enable consider Distance Education as a humanistic education. We consider this important issue, since education is going through a deep and long crisis, so it is up to us who are directly involved with education, formulate proposals, which allow improving the quality of education, without forgetting to improve the quality student experience; in this sense the Distance Education is an attempt to shed light on this time of transition in which we find ourselves. In line with technological procedures in our research will, on the one hand, the literature character, since it will have as a foundation the theories published in books and articles; while the other document will once be in the necessary to use documents that support this methodology. At the end we expect to identify the fits within the humanist name of education.

Keywords: Humanism. Activate methods. Distance Education.