After reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to:
- Define philosophy and describe methods of inquiry used by philosophers. (INTASC 1: Subject Matter)
- List major philosophical questions associated with the three major branches of philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology, and axiology. (INTASC 1: Subject Matter)
- Elaborate on the major tenets of idealism, realism, pragmatism, and existentialism. (INTASC 1: Subject Matter)
- Relate philosophical concepts to teaching and learning. (INTASC 4: Teaching Methods; INTASC 5: Motivation and Management; INTASC 8: Assessment)
- Compare writers from different schools of philosophy: Plato, Kant, Martin, Aristotle, Locke, Whitehead, Peirce, Dewey, Rorty, Sartre, Nietzsche, and Greene. (INTASC 1: Subject Matter)
- Describe the characteristics of Eastern and Native North American ways of knowing. (INTASC 3: Diversity; INTASC 9: Reflection)
