Essays on Teaching Philosophy

Dewey defined education as the reconstruction and reorganisation of experiences which increases ones’ ability to direct the course of subsequent experiences and these can be both active and passive. However according to Lindeman, the education experience is, first of all, doing something; second, doing something which makes a difference and third knowing what difference it…

Absolute stability in philosophy refers to the concept of the unconditioned, ultimate, Supreme Being or wholly other. The term is used to describe anything that is free from restrictions and thus upholds independence, while rejecting relativism. On the other hand, relative stability is established as the thesis that all points of views are equally valid….

A philosophy of life or a life philosophy is an in general attitude or vision towards life and its purpose. My philosophy is mainly a self reflection of the way I see life and principles in my life. I am one of its kind individual; we are all having views about life. Everyone and every…

The emergence of philosophy is associated with a profound turn in the spiritual history of mankind, which took place between the VIII and II centuries BC. In this era, the main categories that we think to this day have been developed, laid the foundations of world religions, and today remain the most influential. There has…

Essentialism was the one that I would have least anticipated that I would have scored the most astounding on, when scoring the self-analysis of the four philosophy areas. I would have speculated that I would have scored higher on either Romanticism or Progressivism. Due to the scores on my self-analysis I had to go back…

I’ve had great teachers throughout my course of study that definitely ignited my hunger for knowledge and may have possibly imparted some desire to teach, but it is my belief that being a parent has shaped and cultivated my teaching philosophy.  A child’s first teacher is his parent(s). Even during the stages in the womb,…

While there are different personal reasons why teachers devote their lives to education, almost all are united by the desire to impact the lives of learners (Waterval et al., 2017). I decided to become a teacher in order to positively impact the lives of as many students as I can. I believe that besides teaching,…

As a high school biology teacher, I believe it is important not only to educate students on the fundamental content of life sciences but also to teach every student the science of life itself. It is my goal to be able to expand the limits that these students have set for themselves by teaching them…

Philosophy has been around since the 6th century touching many subjects like existence, mythological, supernatural or unexplainable explanations. Yet, philosophy has been an unknown or foreign word for most peoples lives never care to consider or think about. Although Philosophy concerns open ended questions with ultimately no answer, I think Philosophy will benefit peoples lives…