As I read "The Village Watchman," I began to think about human development and human learning. It was interesting to me because the character in the story who we would consider "slower," Alan, was the character that did most of the teaching. Even though his human development w...

Everyone who teaches has a philosophy of education. Everything that a teacher does is colored by the philosophy he/she holds. Every philosophy has at least the three following elements: ontology-what is real, epistemology-what is true, and axiology-what is of value (good) ethics. So what exactly d...

My own philosophy of education is rather difficult for me to explain. There aremany parts of our educational system that I disagree with. The problem is that I see fartoo many problems, yet offer few answers. Today's educational systems seem so trendyand political. It almost seems like we should...

And In This Corner... Levine Vs. JacksonTo Be Or Not To Be a PhysicalistA physicalist is one who believes that all information is physical. This is a view that sees all factual knowledge as that which can be formulated as a statement about physical objects and activities. Thus, the language of...