A study of Educational Meaning in M. Heidegger’s 'Being and Thinking'

Heidegger clarified the difference in ‘Being and Thinking’ by contrasting the theory of Logos of Herakleitos, Parmenides, and Sophocles in early Greece with the process of change of Logos after Plato. The purpose of this study is to examine Heidegger's metaphysical analysis and to suggest educational implications based on it. Heidegger defined the essence of human beings as Dasein, and suggested that it is a leap that Dasein asks the question of Being corresponding to the words of Being, and that teaching and learning of the thinking of Being is necessary for the leap of Dasein. However, human language and speech cannot communicate with Being; Therefore, the thinking of Being and the truth of Being are not directly related with teaching by language or words. Even so, according to Heidegger, two opposing forces of calculating thought and the thinking of Being can be harmonized in teaching and learning while cultivating the character of Dasein, and since education is related to metaphysics, the question of Dasein must be asked as the most fundamental question in education. Heidegger's encounter education could complement the knowledge-based teacher curriculum.