Philosophy and Your Education

By Joachim Okoroafor

Education involves the investigation of a multitude of problems and questions and the possible answers to all of those questions are based on the teacher's beliefs about people, the world, how students learn, about how students think, and about values. Every decision the teacher makes, from how the classroom should be arranged to how learning should be evaluated, involves the teacher's philosophy of life and of education. Discipline and classroom control practices are also dependent on the teacher's belief system and philosophy of education. This is to say, according to Earle, that teaching without a philosophy would be analogous to building a house on sand instead of on a firm foundation, or to taking a trip without a road map.Philosophical concepts such as idealism, realism, pragmatism, and existentialism have influenced and have continued to influence the way people view educational practice. It is important, however, to note that all successful educational practitioners borrow from these philosophical concepts. This book therefore gathers much of the philosophical wealth of many great philosophers of education.The entire essence of this book is to enhance the intellectual behaviour of both teachers and students of education as a legitimate goal in the study of philosophy of education.This handbook in general, will be found most useful by all who are in the teaching profession, whether as a student-teacher or as a practicing professionals. All parents who are interested in what goes on in the teaching and learning transactions that take place in the classroom can also read the book to their advantage.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08NWD7QB1
• ISBN13: 9798569395248
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"