Philosophy of Education

philosophical reflection on the nature, aims, and problems of education. The philosophy of education is Janus-faced, looking both inward to the parent discipline of philosophy and outward to educational practice. (In this respect it is like other areas of “applied” philosophy, such as the philosophy of law, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of medicine, including bioethics.) This dual focus requires it to work on both sides of the traditional divide between theory and practice, taking as its subject matter both basic philosophical issues (e.g., the nature of knowledge) and more specific issues arising from educational practice (e.g., the desirability of standardized testing). These practical issues in turn have implications for a variety of long-standing philosophical problems in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and political philosophy. In addressing these many issues and problems, the philosopher of education strives for conceptual clarity, argumentative rigour, and informed valuation...Read full article

Today is my last day of the EDU 383 technology course, and I'm feeling proud of my hard work and accomplishment. We have learned a great deal of integrating technology into our classrooms and making learning both fun and long lasting. Although, we were not provided up-to-date information of our class progress in terms of grades and completed work, I belief that I have benefited from the course. The daily presentation of the students was vibrant and entertaining. The class setting was somewhat counter conducive to learning where I could not even see some of classmates to the point I may not recognize some of those who were attending class every day.