EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY AND RATIONALE        

Education Philosophy and Rationale

Sandra Fox

Grand Canyon University

Education Foundations and Framework

EDU 215

Dr. Tony Elmer

August 31, 2010


Education Philosophy and Rationale

A person’s philosophy is how they explain, experience and articulate about a precise subject. A philosophy can not be incorrect nor can it be correct as it is just mainly an opinion of a person. Personal point of views can be seen in many different ways. Philosophy is a concept of how one feels about a particular something. Philosophies are intertwined with the educational system. There have been many well-known teachers and well-informed men and women all through time have included their personal teaching and learning using philosophy. These philosophies are the basics of today’s learning and since there are various philosophies in education; educators are able to produce innovative and enhanced approaches every year to guarantee efficient learning in the United States.

My philosophy in education is established by my personal meaning. I base it on what the need of an educator is and how education is an essential division of each life. The philosophy I have is originated from the separate philosophy branches: metaphysics, epistemology and axiology. The definition of education is described as mainly information obtained through the instruction and learning in the classroom. This is usually relevant to academics learned within the school system. Growing up, education is an essential part of our lives from the time a person enters kindergarten until the same person graduates high school. Most people do not see that education is all around us each and everyday of our lives.

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“All Men by nature desire to know” (Zunjich, n.d.). This statement was spoken by Aristotle more than 2,500 years ago and is an expression that is everlasting. He was an individual that was devoted to obtaining information. His statement is the foundation of my philosophy on what teaching is. Educators must learn and distribute what we have learned. This is what divides educators from the “regular” people of the world. My affection in school was for science and I could never get enough of it. I am one who asks question of each item I read in science and wish ...

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