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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Matrix and the Cave: Reconsidering the Ontological Dimension of Education
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Kato, Morimichi – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2006
The Western theory of education was in its Greek origin inseparably tied to the Greek concept of Being and truth. This is shown clearly by the metaphor of the Cave in the seventh book of Plato's Republic. This interdependence of education (paideia) with Being (which later was identified with Nature or God) has provided, since then, a firm…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Epistemology, Educational Theories, Educational Philosophy