Traditional knowledge

Essentialism: Essentialism is one of the 5 philosophies that is teacher based rather than student based. Like the name states the purpose of essentialism is to teach students the basics and essentials of learning. It hangs onto the traditional subjects such as math, science, English, and history; which is referred to as the core curriculum (Sadker and Zittleman 251). As a teacher centered philosophy, the teacher's role is to decide what’s important for students to learn and they focus less on…

Thomas L. Friedman’s article “How to Get a Job at Google?” the title of this article can describe how much effort you have to put for better jobs. Google is a biggest company in the world. It has social networking, Gmail, blogger getting a job in this company; people might think you need a higher lever degree or good GPA. Well after reading this article it pointed out that a high GPA or scores are worthless as a criteria hiring. Thomas L. Friedman, interviewed Laszlo Bock, the senior vice…

The ease of acquiring knowledge in this digital age one ponders whether that further develops or hinders the art of human thinking. There appears to be an overreliance on other sources than our own knowledge with an automatic go to google as a preference rather than thinking for yourself and a reluctance to problem solve or in creating the knowledge Beslisle (2006, p.58) defines digital knowledge as a new condition of knowledge which can be processed and transformed by technological tools.…

and potentially compromising the prescribed curriculum standard? Merging and applying them, I must admit, pose a most difficult challenge. This is evinced in the first three lessons, which adapt the textbook structure for laying the disciplinary knowledge foundation. These, however, are necessary to set the stage for more advanced…

roles at these various institutions. Teacher knowledge and experience and beliefs about language are important aspects of how grammar is taught. Many teachers are very well educated in English grammar and are able to teach grammar rules and many other teachers do not have the background to teach grammar. Less qualified teachers may be able to follow basic instruction in a teacher manual, but they do not have the pedagogical or grammatical knowledge to effectively teach grammar rules. This…

imaginativeness, while generally desirable, do not serve the function of finding truth particularly in nonfiction literature as much as the Lockean virtues do. When reading any scientific article, creatively inventing worlds curbs the reader’s ability to draw knowledge by ignoring the reliability of the scientific method. Regarding works of fiction, a revised Derridean reading does not have to limit creativity, imagination, and freedom. Good readers can read a text more than once, so that in one…

Malcolm X’s autobiography, he explains the power of education and the effects it had on him as a person. Whether traditional teaching or self-teaching, modern day students and students from the past could agree on how grateful an education can be. Education is the most valuable source of a student’s life. Modern day students…

In today’s world the vast majority of people have integrated their smartphone into their everyday life. Todays smartphone is not only a voice communication device but a camera, a gps, a internet browser, a video camera and many other things and undoubtedly inventors will come out with new functions that we can only imagine. Can today’s educators integrate the smartphone into their everyday teaching responsibilities? My research answers this question with a resounding yes. Many research studies…

of people involved in the digital technology and virtual communication. It is a system where the boundary between the educator and the learner means completely nothing and the educators can no longer be regarded as the keeper of knowledge but the facilitators of knowledge (Broadhurst & Machon, 2006). Interactive learning comes on three grounds. First is use of the social media which is normally a personalized method and involve use of web logs and blogs that help give the learning children…

Professional Philosophy Within this paper, I will explain my philosophy of education, as it relates to the roles and responsibilities of an educator, both in the classroom and out in the community. As teachers, we must always strive for academic excellence. We must also work to effectively collaborate with our peers and instill this value in our students. It is essential that we remain open to new and changing ideas with regard to education, and that we dedicate ourselves to life-long…