PO Box 392‚ University of South Africa‚ 0003‚ South Africa Dates: Received: 05 July 2011 Accepted: 29 Sept. 2011 Published: 12 Nov. 2012 How to cite this article: Letseka‚ M.M. & Venter‚ E.‚ 2012‚ ‘How student teachers understand African philosophy’‚ Koers – Bulletin for Christian Scholarship 77(1)‚ Art. #25‚ 8 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ koers.v77i1.25 Note: This article was developed from a paper delivered at the Koers-75 Conference on ‘Worldview and Education’‚ held in Potchefstroom
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Overview Philosophy means "love of wisdom." It is made up of two Greek words‚ philo‚ meaning love‚ and sophos‚ meaning wisdom. Philosophy helps teachers to reflect on key issues and concepts in education‚ usually through such questions as: What is being educated? What is the good life? What is knowledge? What is the nature of learning? And What is teaching? Philosophers think about the meaning of things and interpretation of that meaning. Even simple statements‚ such as "What should be learned? Or
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SCOPE & FUNCTIONS OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION Unit Structure 1.0 Objectives 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Meaning of the Philosophy and Education 1.3 Concept of Philosophy of Education 1.4 Scope of Philosophy of Education 1.5 Nature of Philosophy of Education Modes of Philosophical Inquiry 1.6 Functions of Philosophy of Education 1.7 Relationship between Philosophy of Teaching and Teaching Styles This unit deals with the concept of ‗Meaning ‚ Scope‚ Nature and Functions of Philosophy of Education‘ and hence
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necessary cause‚ and by this which is said‚ the will is also caused by other things whereof it disposeth not‚ it followeth‚ that voluntary actions have all of them necessary causes‚ and therefore are necessitated.” (Hume. Liberty and Nessessity.) Philosophy and world religion alike were born of the same origins. Each of the two ancient disciplines arose from the quest for
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Unit 6: Philosophy of the Mind KMF 1014 Introduction to Cognitive Science The Philosophical Approach The oldest of all disciplines in CS Formulating & answering questions about the universe Address the issues such as: the nature of knowing (epistemology) the mind-body distinction the mind-brain distinction The Philosophical Approach: Reasoning Deductive – application of rules of logic to statements about the world UNIMAS students
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1.0 Educational Philosophy 1.1 Introduction There are five main philosophical schools of thought in education which are essentialism‚ perennialism‚ progressivism‚ existentialism and reconstructionism. However‚ here I have only chosen the philosophies which believe in student-centred approach. There are three philosophies that hold the similarity of being less authoritarian and placing the students as the centre in learning process. These three philosophies reject essentialism and do not agree with
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David Hume was an early 18th century philosopher that is best known for covering a variety of theories. He covered that reason alone cannot be a motive to the will‚ moral distinctions are not derived from reason and moral distinctions are direct from the moral sentiments [Treatise of Human Nature‚ 11]. “Reason is‚ and ought only to be the slave of the passions‚ and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them” [T 2.3.3 p. 414] in his work A Treatise of Human Nature. Reason
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Friedrich Willhelm Nietzsche‚ a German Philosopher of the mid 1800`s was Born 1844 and died after a long medical condition that was thoroughly investigated but with no found result in 1900. Nietzsche is most renowned for challenging the moral integrity of Christianity in the late 1800’s despite having grown up with a background and family history of Lutheran ministers; where his Father‚ Uncles and Grandfathers were all Ministers. This philosopher was the most outspoken on topics such as power‚ pain
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Socrates‚ Philosophy and the Good Life Socrates’ belief was that he was called on by the Gods to live his life examining others and himself. He believed the necessity of doing what one thinks is right even in the face of universal opposition‚ and the need to pursue knowledge even when opposed. "I became completely convinced‚ to the duty of leading the philosophical life by examining myself and others."¹ Socrates believed that to desert this idea was ridiculous and would make his life absurd
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Philosophy Providing Answers for Questions & Questions for Answers Kristen Riso 5250378 PHIL 1F91 Professor: Dr. Lightbody TA: David Corman Word Count: 1941 The Apology written by Plato’s is an excellent piece of philosophical literature that can teach us many things. Most importantly this fine literature gives us the utmost insight into the philosophy of Socrates’. As well it teaches us the idea of asking questions and probing
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