Sources of knowledge

judgment, empathy, and the expansion of our understanding of what it means to be human. As a subject and knowledge domain, history can teach us not only about important past events and the lived experiences of those who came before us, it also can teach us valuable lessons and ways of thinking that are applicable to many aspects of our…

potential by looking into Philosophy as being the main point that he is trying to get across. But he is also able to mention how he views the morality of man, that we as humans cannot teach each other but can only guide each other to unlocking this self knowledge that we already have, and his work is often referred to as a “utopian blueprint”. The excerpt begins with the philosopher Socrates whom we have already heard from who is having a conversation with a younger…

Plato’s allegory of the cave depicts the existence of human beings in the bleakest manner, we could view his allegory as one that is unfathomable and quite hard to contemplate in regards to human life and the existence as a whole. Plato’s take on the world clearly envisions the world as a singular cave, one that’s dark and enclosed, and human beings as though they are prisoners in this cave. The human beings are depicted to be trapped within the walls of the cave without a possibility of ever…

In their work, Plato and Paulo Freire offer harsh critiques of education. Plato compares people to prisoners in a cave where no knowledge is circulating, and Freire refers to the “Banking Concept of Education” where teachers put their thoughts and information into students’ minds much like depositing money into a bank. Instead of this money being of value by benefitting students, Freire and Plato acknowledge oppressive teaching styles which result in the value declining because the students are…

and learning models of EMI based on teachers’ beliefs and practices needs to be conducted in order distribute new knowledge of this area. Thus, it is worth conducting future research, which is covering those aspects with clear…

dragged to the upper ground where he begins to understand the real world. The process is continually repeated until at last the person reaches the Form of Goodness; in the allegory this is represented when the prisoner sees the sun. The journey for knowledge is a log process that requires people to be able to adapt to a new way of…

Greek Philosopher, Plato wrote a symbolic depiction of people’s perception of reality in The Allegory of the Cave. Plato believed that true knowledge can only be found though education. He also believed that the role of teachers were to guide the scholar on the road to enlightenment, not direct their paths. The role of the government was also to be questioned to ensure that it was serving the greater good of the people. Plato wasn’t afraid to challenge the status quo and provided a powerful…

How do we know if something has the quality of being true? We usually rely on our own experiences or the experiences of others. We rely on what we can see, smell, hear, taste or touch. We use our five senses to perceive something as real, to a certain extent, but our thoughts, our beliefs, and our personal experiences usually tend to come between reality and the actual truth. We usually ask questions or people for advice and we tend to believe what others tell us. To what extent do we have to…

Distraction in class by devices is very common. Based on the fact that double-tasking is not having good results, technology creates an impediment for sweeping up knowledge. Simultaneously, cyberbullying has also had bad fallout in the class. The effects of this horrid phenomena are catastrophic, leaving students to suffer from the societal wrath and perform detrimentally. There have been many studies demonstrating…

In preparing for the completion of this assignment, I looked up the articles referenced in Chapter 2 concerning the three theories of information literacy and behavior. I found that my background knowledge was limited and I had a very difficult time discerning the important information in each article and then distilling that information into something that was usable and made sense to me. I finally settled on accepting “Practice Theory” as the one that is the “best theory” mainly because it…