Socrates And Education

In this paper, I will argue that it is an educator’s job to search for the truth and certitude in knowledge. Educators are required to be concerned and ardent about helping the students that they work with. Socrates believes that individuals should be taught by experiencing the world around them in addition to being with their friends rather than being taught by having a traditional education where the setting is in the classroom. Socrates viewed education like an individual quest, making the student responsible for obtaining the knowledge they need to succeed in life, while the teacher is purely a guide for the student. Socrates method was to question the students as well as guide them in the right direction rather than merely revealing to …show more content…
I urge the educator to be passionate about their job; concerned about the students’ well-being and also for their future careers. I think that questions are an excellent way to start a discussion in the class because people become more engaged in the subject matter. When the teacher asks the student a question you can see which students understand the subject and which students still are unsure of the topic. Also I agree with Socrates belief that they should educate the student not just on different subject matter but also on moral education and focus on how the students ought to live their life. I think it is important for teachers to guide there students in the right direction to live a moral and virtuous life. I believe that students should be in charge of their own individual self to find knowledge because it is the student’s obligation to put forth an effort to learn about knowledge without the teacher spoon feeding them information that they need to memorize. Students should think for themselves and use their own minds instead of the teacher simply giving them the answers. On the other hand, I disagree with Socrates on the idea that all classes can be discovered through questioning due to the fact that …show more content…
This means that the student would not have to guess at the answer, but they are told the correct answers from the very beginning. On the other hand, I think it is better for the student to be asked questions, even though they may get the answer wrong in the first place. You are supposed to learn from your mistakes so the next time that you are asked the question you would get it right furthermore it tells the teacher that you understand the reason you got it wrong in the first place. I believe that students who are engaged by questions are more involved in the discussion and therefore are more awake than people who are in a lecture because they would not be involved in any discussion with the teacher. An example of a fault in the opponents’ view on education is that if a peasant is not educated they believe he has no knowledge at all on the other hand I believe that even if the peasant does not have as much knowledge as a scholar he still has some knowledge about the