Knowledge worker

I feel as though an education will provide me the knowledge to learn what I need to do in order to move from a decent job to an excellent career. I also think that learning something in school will help me understand how much I appreciate having an education. This is one of the reasons why students in the…

help. This experience has shown me the good that can come out of an inclusion classroom. I want students to be excited about coming to school and being in my classroom. This experience has helped me come closer that those goals by giving me more knowledge about an inclusion…

ever come to understand the form of the Good. The sun is to be recognized as the Good; it “is not sight, but… it [is] the cause of sight itself, and seen by it” (Plato 65). Without the sun, things could neither exist, in that all beings, to Plato’s knowledge, required sunlight for survival, nor be seen, as our eyes cannot function…

to be terrified of the unknown. Plato has conflicting views when regarding the existence of certainty and doubt in society. In Plato's The Allegory of the Cave, the cave may represent this superficial reality, everything that the prisoners have knowledge of has been conceived from mere illusions created by shadows. Because the prisoners had no sort of contact with the outside world they have become certain that the shadows were real. In Plato's Euthyphro, Socrates has been convicted on charges…

Theory of Dimensions In Plato's' The Allegory of the Cave, allows an individual to realize that which they already know. The situation in the cave seems dark and gloomy, like a place no one would ever want to go. However, the reality is that some people are at a point in their lives where that is where they are, in their own "cave". The people that are in Plato's' cave, the prisoners, have always been there. They all have their legs and necks chained and cannot move. They cannot turn their necks…

Teacher: Michelle Kenney Title: Leaf Scavenger Hunt & Classification Objectives: Students will be able to observe, measure and sort tree and plant leaves. Students will be able to examine leaves individually and in groups. Common Core/Next Generation Science Standards/Science & Engineering Practices/Environmental Literacy Standard: Common Core: ELA – Literacy W.2.7: Participate in shared research and writing projects. ELA – Literacy.SL.2.1.A: Follow agreed upon rules for discussions (e.g.,…

differentiate their instruction and continue to adapt during instruction as needs that were not our could not be anticipated become more clear. Adaptive teaching is not the same as reactive teaching. Adaptive teaching uses formative assessments, knowledge of pedagogy, observation and reflection of real time teaching to adapt the lesson based on the immediate needs of the…

defined as a person who places a high value on or pursues things of interest to the intellect or the more complex forms and fields of knowledge. This definition of an intellectual has been restricted by an educational system to mean indoctrinate students into what the system believes to be “academic”. Gerald Graff’s essay “Hidden Intellectualism” argues that there is knowledge and intelligence beyond what the traditional education system is practicing. Graff contends that incorporating the…

self-serving creatures, they need to have the ability to pay attention to and help one another. In today’s society, being aware and acknowledging people and situations can lead to a greater understanding of the world around, but it is when that found knowledge is applied that it can lead to the betterment of society. As briefly stated above, people are too caught up in their own lives to pay attention to others. Wallace states how this notion is true by commenting, “there is no experience…

still be worth it, for he is wiser now and knows well beyond the extent of his former life in the cave. Socrates: No, Pentheus, it would not be worth it. They can no longer see the world the way that they did before. They’ve been corrupted by the knowledge of a reality outside of their own. Would they not then kill the person who leads them to the sun? Pentheus: They might. I’m growing frustrated, Socrates. What point are you trying to…