Introduction
Introduction to Educational Philosophy
Educators do not all teach the same way because they do not all believe the same things about reality, knowledge, and value. This chapter unpacks what philosophy is, the three big questions it asks, the four positions teachers can hold about reality, and the three places philosophy shows up in a classroom.
Philosophy as love of wisdom, educational philosophy as the study of teaching and learning, and why every teacher already has one
Metaphysics asks what is real, epistemology asks what counts as knowledge, axiology asks what is worth valuing
Idealism, realism, pragmatism, and existentialism: the four answers to what is real and how each one walks into a classroom
The three dimensions where philosophy shapes teaching: its importance, the value-driven curriculum, and the teacher’s own methodology
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