Education is Life Itself

Question: How Education is life itself. Answer: When I joined the course on education and came for attending the first class, I was very confused, as I had never attended something like this before in life, and hence did not know how far I will be able to respond to the same. When the participants were being asked for their reason behind joining the course, most of them responded saying that this course would facilitate the hike in pay scale. But I had three main objectives in mind, behind joining this course. The first and foremost one, is that I intend to nurture the inner potentiality of my students, making them not only academically strong, but socially prepared for tomorrow. Secondly, I want to provide love, support and confidence to my students, so that they can be motivated to improve their skills in future. Finally, the sense of accomplishment over the victory of my students, is too big a reward for me, to reject. I believe that on completion of the course, I will be able to know the means of fulfilling these objectives mo re fully. As a part of an activity in the course, I was really fascinated by the PowerPoint presentation, explaining the two different branches of the philosophy of knowledge- Epistemology and Ontology. While the former deals with the source of knowledge and the process of how we acquire it, the latter revolves around the concept and nature of existence and non-existence of the things surrounding us (Prawitz, 2012). Since Epistemology concerns with the nature and limits of knowledge, as a teacher, it shall help me in knowing how to design my curriculum and deliver my lecture in class. Again, from Ontological studies, I hope to learn to interpret as well as accept various perspectives of the students of a single topic. Whatever the philosophical study of knowledge be, I have realized that any form of knowledge is highly beneficial for us, and all our lives, we should be able to explore various facets of knowledge to keep learning (Turner, 2013). Reference List: Prawitz, D. (2012). Truth and proof in intuitionism. InEpistemology versus ontology(pp. 45-67). Springer Netherlands. Turner, R. B. (2013).Expert teaching: Knowledge and pedagogy to lead the profession. Routledge.