Philosophy Of Education Philosophy

Running head: Philosophy Of Education Philosophy
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY

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Philosophy Of Education Philosophy
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Perception of teaching.....................................................................................................................2
Perception of learning......................................................................................................................3
Teaching goals.................................................................................................................................3
Implementation of my educational philosophy...............................................................................4
Reference list...................................................................................................................................5

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Philosophy Of Education Philosophy
Introduction
“True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is what you become.”
- Sri Aurobindo
Education refers to a wholesome process of the teaching-learning process that aims at
acquiring knowledge, values, skills, beliefs and so on. Thus, it can be said that it is a never
ending process that is beyond the boundary of any educational institutions. As mentioned by
famous Indian educationist and philosopher Sri Aurobindo, education continues to surrounds us
as long as we live and accompanies us when we die. So, my educational philosophy, as
influenced by his educational philosophy, includes each and every educational methods, tools,
strategies and ideas that are important for experiencing the life-long education process that has
the capability to improve one from within.
Perception of teaching
Teaching refers to impart knowledge to the learners after analyzing the learning
environment, learning capacities and needs of the learners in an educational environment. Thus,
unlike the traditional approaches to education, teaching process involves not only the teacher but
also the learners. According to the theories of John Dewey, the role of the teachers is not to give
lectures surrounded by passive learners (Quennerstedt & Quennerstedt, 2014). On the contrary,
teaching is the ability to foster and facilitate learning. So, for me, a teacher plays the role of a
friend, philosopher and a guide whose main purpose is to indulge in facilitating the process of
learning. This is so because learners will not always be in the school environment and rather they
will face the real world. So, teaching is something that prepares the learners to mange by their
own in the real world with the help of their acquired skills and knowledge. As mentioned by Sri
Aurobindo, man-making (character building) is the main philosophy that the teachers need to
understand. For facilitating learning, the teachers need to motivate the learners so that they do
participate in the teaching learning process by will (Saini, 2017). After that, the only task left is