Sources of knowledge

associated with a supporting question. D.1.4: Explain how supporting questions contribute to an inquiry and how, through engaging source work, new compelling and supporting questions emerge. D.3.1: Gather relevant information from multiple sources representing a wide range of views while using the origin, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources to guide the selection. D.4.2: Construct explanations using sound reasoning, correct sequence (liner or non-linear),…

To obtain the final stage, knowledge, a person must be able to rely solely on reasoning and avoid their senses which could lead to opinion (Williams). Swapnil Srivastava, puts a vast emphasis on the fact that, in the allegory, the man was forced out of the cave and that his overall…

Thinking, problem solving, concept formation, information processing. (Ertmer & Newby,1993) Created by meaning from experience and interactions. (Ertmer & Newby,1993) Social process. Learning occur when each learner is engaged in social activities. Knowledge is culturally and socially constructed (Kim, 2001) People learn from one another, using modeling, observation, and imitation. (Bandura) Networking, social structure, recognize and patterns. (Davis,…

In the book of Ecclesiastes, located in the pages of the Old Testament, lies the quote, “For in much wisdom is much grief, and increase in knowledge is an increase of sorrow,”. Often, this quote is heralded as a source of great truth and wisdom. Large swaths of people believe this quote to contain the literal truth of the world, and that in order to live happily they must shut themselves off to the accurate realities of the existence they live. The quote, and the belief system it founds, are not…

significance in being educated. In both cases, knowledge destabilizes them and causes them to develop a hatred for themselves and others. In addition, they both realize that the knowledge they have acquired does not make freedom any less evasive. On a positive note, however, knowledge equips both men with common sense which they use to manipulate and deceive others to their own advantage. Douglass and Wright would argue that knowledge is powerful, and it is both a source of happiness and sadness…

Education in the ‘normal sense’ is learning, school, and the collection of knowledge. This is basic principles behind the modern education system. Most industrialized and democratic nations, provide varying levels of free, public education. In the United States, this length of time is, twelve years, elementary, middle and high school. Some modern European countries have expanded this to include free secondary education like college, or trade schools. However, education, has not always been this…

1. Introduction Self-studying is the way of learning by oneself through a variety of sources such as books, records or the Internet, etc… rather than being under lecturers’ supervision or attendance in a class. In other words, self-studying can also called self-teaching, and the word “autodidact” is used to indicate the self-learner (dictionary.cambridge.org). It’s often considered to be boring, intrusive and lack of practical application at the first time but when “auto didacticism” is used, it…

an informed, educated, and contributing member of the local and global society. From the very beginning the student is learning through the experiences that he encounters. His knowledge is built upon these experiences, first in the home, then in a more formal social setting. The student comes into life with no innate knowledge, a rasa tabula, to be entrusted into the educational system to accomplish this development of a contributor to the society. Envision a tree seedling, started in a nursery,…

What’s her article “Funds of Knowledge” exactly about? Janet Kier Lopez is a doctoral candidate from the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education and is the director to a mentoring and preparatory program for Latino high school students called the Scholars, Latino Initiative. Her purpose for the article “Funds of Knowledge” was to show people how much students would benefit if teachers were to introduce their students home language, cultural fundamentals, and funds of knowledge into the classroom.…

attempt to get his audience to understand his reasoning, Socrates decided to supply a more mathematical description because it is something the listeners were familiar with. Similar to how the philosopher must reach a conclusion by utilizing his knowledge of the Forms, “students of geometry, calculation, and the like…make their claims for the sake of the square itself and the diagonal itself, not the diagonal they draw, and similarly with the others.” (510c3-d7). With an expansion of this…