NTI/PGDE/2015/10309 SUBJECT: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION (PGDE 107) ON THE TOPIC: SUCCINTLY DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WESTERN AND AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION SUBMITTED TO THE LECTURER: DR MARK LEIGHA 2015/2016 NTI PGDE PROGRAMME TOPIC: SUCCINTLY DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WESTERN AND AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION Philosophy of Education according to Okoh (1992) is the application
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The Philosophy of Education Ideals A standard by which we judge things in our existence. Simple apprehension our intelligent apprehends or understands the nature or substance or essence of things. The essence is represented by an idea in the mind by the mind. Once an idea is formed‚ we compare it with another idea and pronounce their agreement or disagreement of one idea with another idea and we come up to judgment. I D E A L I S M A philosophical approach that has as its central tenet (belief
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Epistemology Vocabulary Epistemology: The branch of philosophy that investigates the nature‚ sources‚ limitations‚ and validity of knowledge. Rationalism: The position that reason alone‚ without the aid of sensory info‚ is capable of arriving at some knowledge‚ at some undeniable truths. Empiricism: the position that knowledge has its origins in and derives all of its content from experience. Idealism: in metaphysics‚ the position that reality is ultimately non matter; in EPISTEMOLOGY‚ the
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Philosophy of Education - HISTORICAL OVERVIEW‚ CURRENT TRENDS philosophical philosophers field educational Search All U.S. Universities HISTORICAL OVERVIEW William K. Frankena CURRENT TRENDS Nicholas C. Burbules Nathan Raybeck HISTORICAL OVERVIEW The word education is used sometimes to signify the activity‚ process‚ or enterprise of educating or being educated and sometimes to signify the discipline or field of study taught in schools of education that concerns itself with this activity
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Education and‚ the Role of Philosophy In The Journey through American Education “Curriculum as a field of study has been characterized as elusive‚ fragmentary and confusing” (Ornstein and Hunkins‚ 2009‚ p. 1). According to Wikipedia‚ education is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind‚ character‚ or physical ability of an individual and is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge‚ skills and values from one generation to another
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There are several branches of philosophy found in Minority Report –ethics‚ truth and metaphysics. Ethics is the study of morality; truth is the study of what is true; metaphysics questions reality. The most prominent philosophy in the film is metaphysics‚ due to it being the underlying philosophy that created the problem and causes the plot to occur in the first place. Ethics and truth are branches of philosophy evident in the film. In Minority Report‚ the pre-cogs are 3 children who live in half-awake
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There are many different educational philosophies that have developed over the years. Some of these philosophies are teacher-centered and some are student-centered‚ but they all have the same goal‚ and the goal is to provide students with the best education possible. The following is a list of educational philosophies and their basic ideas. 1.Perennialism- is a teacher centered philosophy that focuses on the values associated with reason. It considers knowledge as enduring‚ seeks everlasting
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Running head: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION; BEHAVIORISM Philosophy of Education; Behaviorism Abstract B. F. Skinner created behaviorism and this is what I selected as my philosophy for education. Behaviorism uses conditioning to effect behaviors of students. Teachers can apply positive and negative reinforcements‚ such as stickers‚ praise‚ and rewards. My philosophy of teaching is that students should be able to learn how to communicate with others and have fun while learning. Throughout this
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Philosophy of Education Paper EDUC 326 Foundations of Education University of Wisconsin- Stout Marketing-Business Education Spring 2013 Abstract The main goal of a Marketing-Business teacher is to expand the business knowledge within the students you teach. This should be done by realistic marketing and business activities and experiences. Throughout this paper I explain how the roles of the teacher‚ education‚ and curriculum influence the outcome of the marketing business teachings‚ along
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Metaphysics: Aristotle and Plato’s Views Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that tries to answer a few questions by looking at the fundamental nature of the world. What is appearance? What is real? And ultimately what is the nature of reality? It helps us to try and see past the physical things and determine for ourselves whether something actually exists and the ultimate reason for why it exists. Although a single term‚ metaphysics covers a wide array of topics‚ including Plato’s idea of individual
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