Essays on Philosophy of Education

From the time human beings are born, there are goals society expects them to achieve. Considering life is lived in stages, accomplishing these goals is immensely important in order to move onto the next stage. This leads human beings to be goal oriented creatures. The most difficult and most important goal people strive for their whole life is to be successful. No matter what that might mean to each individual. A part of being successful for a majority of people includes obtaining a higher ...

As a future teacher, I want to make school as a fascinating and practical by sorting out each lessons. John Dewey once said that “Progressivism is an educational movement”, that students would successfully learn through their experiences. My highest score turns out to be that I am consent with the beliefs of progressivism where the education must be relevant to the students in order for them to learn. I would like to reveal my personal philosophy of teaching and learning ...

Throughout the general schooling a person has to go through, one is taught to learn the material, study hard for their tests, get a good grade, and continue on to the next lesson. Going through an education this way may cause people to not remember what they learned two weeks ago, but they feel happy that they at least got the grade they needed to pass the course. As good as it is to get a passing grade, it is also very important to actually think about and learn the information. A student ...

Education is an ongoing process. All the leaders around the world, scientists, doctors, and engineers are educated,d people. As a result, we can see that education also contributed to the molding of the world we live in today. Without education, all the luxuries and opportunities we can experience today would not exist. Learning about various subjects increases the student’s eagerness to learn making it worthwhile. Education does not stop at secondary level education, students can further ...

M.Ed.Inge Dorsey is the Coordinator of the Bachelor of Integrated Studies program as well as an untenured lecturer at the University of Prince Edward Island. When Inge was young she had no aspirations of being a teacher and never imaged that she would end up in the teaching profession. She graduated high school with honours in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The transition to university was not without its challenges. Inge started university with no real career path. Her first-year marks ...

In macroeconomics theories, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is used to understand and measure the relative prosperity of a country by the institutions over the world. However, some important factors connected to the welfare of human being is not included in the concept of GDP. It is desirable to include these aspects in the definition of GDP while it may lead to the misconception as well. GDP has three economic definitions from the scientific perspective: the value of the final goods and services ...

Everyone who teaches has a philosophy of education. Everything that a teacher does is colored by the philosophy he/she holds. Every philosophy has at least the three following elements: ontology-what is real, epistemology-what is true, and axiology-what is of value (good) ethics. So what exactly do we mean by the phrase Educational Philosophy? The definition of Educational Philosophy is the desire to arrange all of the various experiences of education into a meaningful pattern. Arranging ...

Education is one of the world’s most affluent institutions. Every weekday, children go to school and are educated within the many subjects we study in our grades. Whether it’s math, english, science, history, geography, or any other subject, the process is the same. We are told to memorize information and we are tested and graded on our knowledge of the subjects. Only, why? Why are we assessed to measure our intellect? Why are children educated? Educational philosophers have pondered upon the ...

Education and teaching. While both relate to each other, these terms do not share the same definition. Education is what one learns: facts, concepts, practices, and skills that were required to become an active citizen as adults. Teaching is the process of how one learns those facts, concepts, practices, and skills. For example, a student who is interested in biotechnology in the agriculture sector would attend a class on micro propagation. During this course, they would learn the proper ...

Throughout history, there’s been a countless amount of different views and perspectives on what should be taught in classrooms. More importantly, how they are taught. Ancient philosophers had a great influence on the dynamics of our modern-day classroom activities in the sense that their educational philosophies are how we have established the methods in which we teach our children. There’s a couple philosophies of theirs that I want to discuss along with my personal philosophy, which is ...

As a future educator I believe it is essential for teachers to have a positive classroom environment. A classroom environment which is harmonious, safe to learn and all students can express their feelings. I believe an educator should be respected and should show respect to students, there should be a mutual respect in the classroom. Both the teacher and the students should have rights in the classroom. In order to obtain a functional classroom there are many important components: Discipline, ...

My own educational philosophy would be that children are more susceptible to learn when they are in a comfortable environment, where teachers get to know them personally and that making sure that each student has the opportunity to reach their full potential for real-world problems to exceed in their life. The philosophies, Humanism and Progressivism, are the most similar philosophies to what I believe. Humanistic education should be used in all types of schools and all curriculums because it ...

Robert Grosseteste (1175 - 1253) was an English bishop and scholar who introduced into the world of European Christendom Latin translations of Greek and Arabic philosophical and scientific writings. His philosophical thinking – a somewhat eclectic blend of Aristotelian and Neoplatonic ideas – consistently searched for a rational scheme of things, both natural and divine. Grosseteste was educated at the University of Oxford and then held a position with William de Vere, the bishop of Hereford. ...

Both Al-Gazali’s and Al-Farabi’s are true of Islamic philosophers. Al-Ghazali's philosophy of education focused on the high point of Islamic thinking on education, where his tendency towards reconciliation and the combination of different intellectual schools is evident. He accomplishes synthesis of legal, philosophical, and enchanted educational thinking. According to him the reason for society is to apply shari'a and the goal of man is to accomplish happiness close to God.Whereas Al-Farabi's ...

Excellent education is the eye opener to different opportunities in our societies; also it assists us to be able to understand everything around us. Philosophy is regarded as the passion an individual has to reflect as well as uncover the underlying of a particular activity. Philosophy is essential for any teacher because it pushes them to continue searching for the truths as well as not to get satisfied with the answers they have. Philosophy is categorized into three branches; the ...