Ignition for Education

The philosophical concept of “the good,” formulated at the birth of philosophy in classical Greece, refers to moral goodness but also to both self-interest and self-realization. It discusses what is right for the object of discussion, be that object a person or a community. At the level of the community, there, of course, a still…

Often, teachers have little time to think deeply about our work. We rush from lesson plan to lesson, to grading, to meetings, to curriculum plans and standards, to lunch supervisions, to extra-curricular activities, to parent-teacher conferences. When we get to rest, we want to…well, rest, not reconsider. But constant reconsideration, leading to constant improvement, is…