Education has been part of the human society from the very beginning. The next concerns a variety of issues involving thinking, reasoning, teaching, and learning. The best teachers I had throughout my formal education and beyond were those who not just caused me to think but who helped me to learn the purpose of thinking. Discovery-based learning is a student-centered instructional approach that is rooted in the constructivist theories of education.
He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates ‘ emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. The effect of the family, society, nation and individual makes every person unique as he develops a unique set of values.
The Teaching Fellowship is an opportunity to enhance students’ teaching skills, promote learning consolidation, and provide opportunities to collaborate with faculty on pedagogical development. The Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) aims to promote research and teaching in philosophy of education.
Greek philosophers Plato, Socrates and Aristotle are among the major figures who laid the foundations of educational philosophy. I believe children have greater respect for their teachers, their peers, and the lessons presented when they feel safe and sure of what is expected of them.
Education was the process by which people became like each other instead of becoming their unique Selves. They either expand and enhance my identity or, they diminish and marginalize it. This principle is experienced in our schools everyday with profound negative effects on a student’s identity and their social role.