To briefly paint
a picture of my pedagogy or educational philosophy, I tend to think of ancient
Greeks when contemplating origins and purpose of education. So there was Plato,
for example, sitting under a tree, contemplating what he may, looking very
interested and pensive. Along comes another person who asks Plato what he is
doing. Plato says that he is exploring and discovering knowledge, the passer-by
is intrigued and asks Plato to explain. They sit a while, then decide to leave
and meet each other the next day, during their free time, for more exploration
and discovery – simply because they are interested and curious about the
wonders of life and the discoveries yet to be made that are technically already
there, just waiting to be noticed.
The root word of
school is skolia meaning “free time”.
The root word of educate is educare meaning “to bring out from
within”.
Now with this in
mind, let’s educate ourselves in school!