| *2: to imbue with a usually partisan or [[sectarian]] [[opinion]], [[point of view]], or principle | | *2: to imbue with a usually partisan or [[sectarian]] [[opinion]], [[point of view]], or principle |
| '''Indoctrination''' is the [[process]] of inculcating [[ideas]], [[attitudes]], [[cognitive]] [[strategies]] or a [[professional]] [[methodology]] (see doctrine). It is often distinguished from [[education]] by the [[fact]] that the indoctrinated [[person]] is expected not to question or [[critical]]ly [[examine]] the [[doctrine]] they have learned. As such it is used pejoratively, often in the [[context]] of [[political]] [[opinions]], [[theology]] or religious [[dogma]]. Instruction in the basic principles of [[science]], in particular, can not properly be called indoctrination, in the sense that the [[fundamental]] principles of [[science]] call for critical [[self-evaluation]] and [[skeptical]] scrutiny of one's own [[ideas]], a stance outside any [[doctrine]]. In [[practice]], however, a certain level of non-rational indoctrination, usually seen as miseducative, is invariably present. The term is closely linked to [[socialization]]; in common [[discourse]], indoctrination is often associated with [[negative]] connotations, while socialization refers to cultural or [[educational]] learning. | | '''Indoctrination''' is the [[process]] of inculcating [[ideas]], [[attitudes]], [[cognitive]] [[strategies]] or a [[professional]] [[methodology]] (see doctrine). It is often distinguished from [[education]] by the [[fact]] that the indoctrinated [[person]] is expected not to question or [[critical]]ly [[examine]] the [[doctrine]] they have learned. As such it is used pejoratively, often in the [[context]] of [[political]] [[opinions]], [[theology]] or religious [[dogma]]. Instruction in the basic principles of [[science]], in particular, can not properly be called indoctrination, in the sense that the [[fundamental]] principles of [[science]] call for critical [[self-evaluation]] and [[skeptical]] scrutiny of one's own [[ideas]], a stance outside any [[doctrine]]. In [[practice]], however, a certain level of non-rational indoctrination, usually seen as miseducative, is invariably present. The term is closely linked to [[socialization]]; in common [[discourse]], indoctrination is often associated with [[negative]] connotations, while socialization refers to cultural or [[educational]] learning. |