In order to discuss nursing philosophies, one must know what a philosophy is. A philosophy is defined as the study of the principles underlying conduct, thought, and the nature of the universe (Black, 2014, p. 261). Philosophies of nursing are statements of beliefs about nursing and expressions of morals in nursing that are used as roots for thinking and acting. Most nursing philosophies are built on a base of beliefs about individuals, environment, well-being, and nursing (Black, 2014, p. 262)
Basically education is the most important to all human beings. Every activities has a background foundation in education. It gives opportunities to each human being to achieve their fullest personal, spiritual, mental, social, and physical potentials. The capacity of being educated is what therefore differentiate human being from animals. Education also changes an individual and allows her to effect change in her environment. “The word education comes from the Latin educare, to draw out. In a broad
“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.” John F. Kennedy. Schools and teachers always try their best to realize all such goals of education. For that, a clear cut plans and strong beliefs are inevitable. All those beliefs of teacher individuals form their foundation of teaching upon which strong building of generations should be built upon, form the philosophy of their teaching. In addition to that, critical thinking, intellect social interactions will
affected in the care provided for a client. For example, a client receives education on the importance of receiving their annual flu shot, and the client shares the information they learned over dinner. Care to a individual client may consist of usual physical care for the clients personal condition, advice and/or guidance that is intended to influences a client or group’s health, and resources for a client or group such as education on disease prevention. All of these aspects can affect the individual
On the light of Nkrumah’s statement here, I begin my discussion by looking more closely at the break and continuity of Western hegemony on Africa since the European encounter with Africa. To begin with: I argue the West supplanted African position in the entire world order. The hegemonic domination of the West precludes Africa to take part on its share, for it serves as mouthpiece of Western states to empower themselves by African support. The underlining reason for the West to dominate Africa is
social connections, and Aristotle's interest in science was surely spurred by his work. It is not unlikely that the scientific, empirical flavor of Aristotle’s philosophy, his attention to detail, and his skills at classifying and analyzing the features of nature were inspired by his father’s profession. Aristotle sought out the best education offered in his day and became the student in Plato’s Academy in Athens. At the age of 17, Aristotle joined Plato's circle at the Academy in Athens. There he remained
dividing line. The dividing line can best be described as the space amid the world of perceptions in which we exist and the world of the forms that exists in the firmaments. The Allegory of the Cave aids the public in comprehending the idea from which philosophy is grounded. This is also the Book in the Republic in which the instruction of the guardians is defined. The reader
Besides the texts definition of progressive education, Alfie Kohn a leading educational writer points out the many dimensions of a progressive teaching philosophy. In his article, “Progressive Education: Why it’s Hard to Beat, But also Hard to Find” he points out the well-rounded aspects of progressivism. Like humanism, the progressive teacher “seeks to attend to the whole
Recognizing the need to improve the current system, the Malaysia Ministry of Education (MOE) has made and welcomes effort to review the current education and assessment system. This assessment reform heralds the idea of humanizing assessment. The government intends to create an assessment-friendly environment where it will become part of the teaching and learning process. The proposal presented at the International Forum of Educational Assessment System states that the new proposed educational assessment
artistic composition; (6) a professional occupation. 2. Online Learning Nichols (2003) said that the online learning term describes education that occurs only through the Web, that is, it does not consist of any physical learning materials issued to students or actual face to face contact. Purely online learning is essentially the use of eLearning tools in a distance education mode using the Web as the sole medium for all student learning and contact. He also stated eLearning – the use of various technological