Your Philosophy Affects Your Life

Your educational philosophy is your beliefs about why, what and how you teach, whom you teach, and about the nature of learning. The UPEI PHD in Educational Studies includes four courses, a comprehensive portfolio, and a dissertation. This can be done through having personal statement of intention or working philosophy leading to reflective teaching. So Plato recommends an education system which is uniform and which pursues the general aims of the society itself.

Teaching for me is an essential component of a successful individual and/or society as a whole. It is a peculiar type of educational philosophy which combines all good ideas and principles from various philosophies. This means that an educated society results into a holistic development of both the human person and the society in which one lives.philosophy of education

Education should be for individual development and to spread social awareness (Morrish, 1967). On philosophy and based on the ultimate goals of life, this need will always be there. Both students and educators are expected to live and learn in a democratic culture where the students themselves must select educational objectives and social priorities.

Maria Montessori: Being a female, upheld the importance of culture in educational issues. John Dewey (1859-1952) applied pragmatist philosophy in his progressive approaches. One way which I saw the two authors differ is the focal point of their education being talked about.philosophy of education

The capacity to think critically and analytically about the nature and purposes of education policy, practice and research. There are many methods that we can use to analyze all the essential contained in National Philosophy of Education such as ontology, axiology and logic.philosophy of education

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