JOHN LOCKE John Locke was raised in the English town of Somerset. His father was a landowner, who taught John about democracy. John was educated and a devout Christian. While at Oxford, he tutored Greek and moral philosophy. He studied medicine and assisted a noteworthy chemist. He had to flee England and found asylum in Holland, where he felt impressed to write a series of letters to his friend, explaining how to properly bring up a child. As a young student, Locke was shy but preferred to have conversations with his peers, rather than pay attention in class. In his adult years, Locke argued that social environments, especially educational institutions, shape the development of the human being. He believed that children were born as blank slates, and that whatever a person learns, believes, or feels, is a result of the interactions it has with its environment, and that influence is extremely powerful in the child’s early years. The aspects and concepts of Locke’s philosophy that would help me to raise and educate my child today would be the idea of small steps and academic instruction. I believe Locke was correct in his philosophy that some instruction needs to given in small steps, with compassion and warmth generated to the child, during the learning process. …show more content…
He was born in Geneva, Switzerland. His mother died giving him birth. His father had to leave Geneva, so an aunt, who didn’t allow him to play outdoors with other children, raised him. Then at the age of ten years of age he was bounced around from house to house, and left in the care of tough masters. At the age of sixteen, he became a vagabond. He wrote a book, using a fictional character and himself, to teach adults how to raise children. Rousseau believed that childhood was an important time in the growth of human life. He believed that nature was the actual and necessary teacher and that adult interaction corrupted