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shortcoming. Increasing human skills in fact enables human to use their freedom that
they already have.

7. Can you give example of the transaction of authority and subordinate in education?
Answer:
Yes, I can
The transaction of authority and subordinate in education in fact is that the application
of freedom between the teachers and students are not absolutely. The students even have
freedom at schools, such as: joining the activities in the classroom, using the school
facilities, and so on, they must no apply their freedom that arise teacher to discourage.
In the other words, the transaction of authority between teachers and students must be
in balance in order to make a good situation in learning activity.

8. What are the duties of democracy in education?
Answer:
The duties of democracy in education is to produce citizens able and willing to maintain
a democratic society, by producing democrats, running democratic lines, and making
sense of being accountable to society, to people.

9. Explain briefly about three prescriptive theories concerning democratic in education!
Firstly, Education should produce democratic society by producing democrats who has
commitment to hold solidarity, toleration, and respecting major and minor decision.

Secondly, education establishment should run on democratic line. This means that the
application of democracy at school will be the democracy learning which supports the
application of democracy in the real society. Take the election of the chief of student
organization as the example. Students are given examples how to join election, how to
face the result of election and how to apply toleration among others. They will make
students matured in democratic real living in their neighborhood.

Thirdly, education should be democratic in the sense of being accountable to society, to
people. It means that education must convey democratic theory and empirically discuss
to democracy in reality.

10. What are your opinions after reading this chapter?
After reading this chapter, I have some opinions:
1. The word equal, in education, does not mean we treat the same way to the students.
However, we treat them in the different way based on their needs, ability, and
circumstances.
2. In the classroom, between teachers and students have freedom, but their freedom is
not absolute.
3. Education society is the basic one treating democrats to behave democratically. In
fact, democratic society mainly depends on democratic man who has toleration, and
respecting among others.

45 PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION MPBI-STKIP PGRI SIDOARJO BATCH 4&6 2020