of pursuing knowledge. By interacting with various people, Socrates treats various people different but appropriately based on his observation and thoughts on their personalities. In this way, Socrates’ “examined life” is worth living, even though he is accused by the authorities in Athens and commit suicide at last. Similarly, the life of Oedipus confirms Socrates’ claim of “the unexamined life is not worth living”. From seeking…
Besides identifying “Socrates”, portrayed by Plato, as a teacher or an educator, I prefer to call him as an educationist. I define “educationist” as an utmost expert in educating with several unique characteristics. The most significant ones are presented thoroughly in the conversation between “Socrates” and Euthyphro in Euthyphro. Plato ingeniously used these characteristics as an educationist to defend the previous implicit critiques charging “Socrates”. Focusing on multiple philosophical…
What are the charges against Socrates as recorded in the Apology. Is he guilty of them? why or why not? In Plato’s Apology, there were several charges against Socrates during his trial. The three main charges against him is his religious beliefs, corrupting the young and also his views of the Athenians. Even though there were several prosecutors and evidence to prove Socrates guilty, he guarded his ground and remained true to his philosophies. He proved many of his beliefs with evidence that…
It is interesting to see in this section the complex functions of self-disparaging humour deployed in the classroom can help the teachers to establish, maintain relationship with students. Besides deploying self-disparaging humour, teasing humour is frequently used to carry out various complex functions. 5.7.2.2. Teasing humour Drawing from the previous sections, it is argued that the role of joke and humour can usefully help the teachers to mitigate the negative effects of criticism and…
& Schreiner, 2006, p.4). Upon taking the StrengthsQuest survey, as a part of the class requirements for Interdisciplinary Studies 400, I discovered that my strongest theme is learner. Learners, as the name implies, love to learn and obtain new knowledge. For learners, the process of learning is an adventure that brings immense joy and excitement. The discovery that learner is my strongest theme was not a surprise for me, as I use learning every day in my life. This theme can be used in everyday…
Montessori schools are aimed to create independent and curious learners who engage with everyday objects that surround them in order to construct their own knowledge through hands-on experiences. Although typically traditional school settings are seen as more popular, Montessori schools provide a kind of learning that cannot be found elsewhere. The teachers in Montessori schools play a very specific role as an observer in order to provide the correct materials and create a suitable learning…
Theaetetus is to examine how the mind accounts for knowledge by seeking an answer to the question Socrates poses to Theaetetus, what is knowledge? (146A). After a few failed attempts at answering, Theaetetus posits that knowledge is true opinion (187B). Socrates responds that in order for one to know what true opinion is, he must also account for false opinion in the mind. Ultimately, while the dialogue produces no operative definition for knowledge, Plato employs this dialogue to sharpen his…
In today’s world the vast majority of people have integrated their smartphone into their everyday life. Todays smartphone is not only a voice communication device but a camera, a gps, a internet browser, a video camera and many other things and undoubtedly inventors will come out with new functions that we can only imagine. Can today’s educators integrate the smartphone into their everyday teaching responsibilities? My research answers this question with a resounding yes. Many research studies…
When I first started this internship at the beginning of the semester, I had an image in my mind of how things would be like. I had ideas in my head about which classes I would be strongest in and struggle. I quickly learned that things don’t always go they way we think. As a teacher we have to learn to adapt. I thought my strongest class to teach would be the marine science class, sine it’s my undergrad degree, but I have grown to really enjoy teaching Biology. I am learning a lot about myself…
king who was wise. To begin, Plato believed that a man’s tendency was to believe pleasures to be good in contrary to true knowledge which is what the more refined believed (Republic, Book VI 505b). In this belief, Plato wanted the people to know that the status of good is more honorable than even truth and knowledge. He expressed this belief when he said, “Both knowledge and truth are beautiful things. But if you are to think correctly, you must think of the good as other and more beautiful…