Educational philosophy

This document highlights the personal educational philosophy of James Gilboy. It includes reflective thinking about my twenty-two years of education experience in terms of what I believe to be true, real and valuable. It examines how my teaching, learning, and instruction have changed and been shaped by educational philosophies and theories. Personal Philosophy of Education Introduction In this paper I will develop a comprehensive personal philosophy of education. It is based on my…

Moral virtue and the purpose of life have been the theme of ancient philosophical writings and the center of life debates, with a diversity of perspectives that reflect time and culture. The earliest great thinkers include Kong Qiu 孔丘, who is more commonly referred to as Confucius; and Daoist sage, Lao Tzu 老子, commonly referred to as the Daodejing (Penny & Ryden, 2008). Here, intellect and logic combined to produce profound, guiding principles that have expanded beyond the Asian culture and…

During slavery in the United States, southern white slave owners were raised to believe that blacks were inferior, and they believed it. It was hard for slave owners to imagine life any other way, and for them, there was no reason to imagine life any other way. It could be argued that the Yankees used Plato's epistemology. They broke free from the "chains" holding them to the belief that blacks are inferior. The reason that they were able to do this might be that their "chains" weren't as…

Reflecting on Wisdom Angela Harris PSY/220 December 02, 2012 Jean Pedersen Reflecting on Wisdom The one individual that I consider to be very wise is Bishop T.D. Jakes. Even though, I have never met him face-to-face; words spoken by him has inspired mass congregations; as well as me. Opposing to common beliefs, wisdom is not the ability to be knowledgeable about everything, but to a certain extent holding an open mind to additionally enhance comprehensions A wise person considers…

Cohen went on to write over 50 books most of continuing what the teaching he learned from his long time mentor Druker. Books such as “A Class with Drucker: the Lost Lessons of the World’s Greatest Management Teacher.” And “Drucker on Leadership” (Cohen, 2009). * Cohen states that Drucker is the “The Father of Modern Management” and that he was a genius whose interest and contributions extended into many areas of economics and social endeavors as well as business and nonprofit…

In Plato’s dialogue, Phaedrus, Socrates meets Phaedrus and walks outside the city to discuss love and rhetoric. Phaedrus tells Socrates of Lysias ' speech about love and Socrates gives Phaedrus his response through two different speeches. His first speech proposes the coldblooded passion of the “non-lover” or the wanton lover regarding carnal pleasure. Then, he delivers a second speech which begins with him discarding the truth in the prior speech and refers to true beauty. With this book,…

concept of reasoning is one that has spanned the history of philosophy from antediluvian days to modern history constantly being a topic of much debate and discussion. Reason has been hailed as the subject of human intelligence that gives the entire humanity a special position in nature being the epitome characteristic that defines Western philosophy and modern science.. Based on Horkheimer & Adorno, (2002, p 73), the concept of philosophy is surmised and regarded as a way of life based on…

According to the Oxford Dictionary ethic means “a moral fitness of a decisions, course of action and the study of the moral value of human conduct.” Ethics is basically standards that are between what’s right and wrong as well as what are good and bad. Nowadays, psychological experiments were required to followed ethical rules where it is conducted in ways that it is good and right. If the experiment does not follow the ethical standard, the experiment is then classified as unethical. In this…

claims that philosophy has no answers, I will argue that Russell is correct about this. First I will object this claim with evidence and opinion to prove it’s wrong. Then I will give Russell’s response and why I support his claim. Lastly I will explain my standing on why philosophy has value without answers. Philosophy is a field of unanswered questions. If a questions develops answers, then it changes from philosophy to the area of knowledge it is associated with, supporting that philosophy…

The study of this philosophy is called Axiology, which is the simple assessment of the nature of value. One can define value as something that one holds precious to them, or something that one loves. Value can be set on items that others may not love. For example, the value…