Essays on Self-Knowledge

Reflection Paper

Reflection Paper

Article Summary

In this article, Maura Sellars examines the role of the teacher as a change agent through reflective practice. The author argues that it is the teachers and not education authorities, curriculum developers, or policy makers who are the most effective, durable, and powerful agents of educational change. She also contends that the reliability and proficiency of change in education practice depend largely on the capacity of teachers to develop self-knowledge and reflective practice. According to the Sellars (2012), historically, these aspects of teacher development have not been emphasized in the process of preparing and promoting effective teachers. ...

Have you ever developed an e-portfolio for various gains? Wentworth Institute of Technology has taken its learning process to another level. As a mandatory, students undertaking Bachelor of Science and Management students are required to develop an e-portfolio at the freshman year throughout to the final year in the institution. An e- portfolio constitutes a student's resume, profile pictures, and much more personal details and can be used for social as well as professional purposes. The Journal of Human Development thus gives a deep insight on the importance of e-portfolios and goes further to identify the net worth of ...

Alcibiades, a young man who wants to enter politics, enters a dialogue with Socrates about the qualities of a good political leader. While he believes that his education and experiential knowledge are enough to make him a good politician, Socrates proves to him that he needs to learn about the true meaning of abstract and controversial concepts, such as justice or goodness before being able to counsel others about it. In particular, Socrates shows young Alcibiades that he does not have self-knowledge and persuades Alcibiades that a man who wants to enter politics first needs sufficient self- knowledge in ...

Introduction

Human character is regarded as a set of stable personality traits that determine the relations of man to people. The character is manifested in the activities and temperament, and includes the factors that make human behavior of a specific characteristic nature. The character can be found in the peculiarities of the activities that people prefer to do. Some people prefer the most complex and difficult activities, they seek pleasure in overcoming obstacles; others choose the most simple and easy way. In dealing with people human character manifests itself in the manner of behavior, ways of responding to people's actions ...

A key issue within photographic practice and culture is the establishment of perspective regarding the influence that the self and the underlying aesthetic preferences and expectations that are brought to the art. These preferences demonstrate an essential aspect of valuation in regards to not only the perceptions that are held by those viewing the art and their understanding of beauty but also the level of awareness or unawareness that the photographer has in their composition and viewpoint at the point of the photograph's creation. The idea of the unawareness about the self-knowing as a common phenomenon in our society, ...

Self-Knowledge

Self-knowledge is the process of self-awareness, understanding your deep essence, the meaning of life and your physical and mental capabilities. This need was originally laid in a person, as opposed to animals. A human makes almost everything in his life himself: selects the target, makes and corrects his mistakes, builds relationships with other people. Having come to an understanding of the meaning of his abilities, he becomes interesting not only to others, but also to himself, his personal self-esteem, quality and fullness of life increase. “I” concept is an individual's perception of himself and his role in the world. ...

An ideal image of a person is a combination of self-perception and the perspective of others who know him. Self-perception is not an objective process. It’s often distorted by the result of motivated cognition. This omission results in blind spots. Self-perception is biased by “motives such as the desire to maintain a positive self-concept; the desire to confirm one’s existing self-views, and the desire to enhance oneself” . Accuracy in self-knowledge is a topic of research for psychologists. The narrative psychologist believe that objective self-knowledge is not possible . Narrative Psychologists argue that people attach meanings to objects and ...

Early psychoanalytic critiques of literary works were concentrated on examining works of literature to gain insights into the author’s personal influences on his work. Such critiques therefore remained within the traditional field of psychoanalysis. For instance, Ben Karpman wrote that, “Gulliver's Travels furnish abundant evidence of the neurotic make-up of the author and discloses the presence in him of a number of perverse trends indicative of fixation at the anal-sadistic stage of libidinal development (Karpman 29).” However, critics like Ernest Jones came out of this traditional approach to analyze the text and not the author, such as he ...

Early psychoanalytic critiques of literary works were concentrated on examining works of literature to gain insights into the author’s personal influences on his work and therefore these critiques remained within the traditional field of psychoanalysis. For instance, Ben Karpman wrote that, “Gulliver's Travels furnishes abundant evidence of the neurotic make up of the author and discloses the presence in him of a number of perverse trends indicative of fixation at the anal-sadistic stage of libidinal development (Karpman 29).” However critics like Ernest Jones came out of this traditional approach to analyze the text and not the author, such ...

Transcendence and Human Knowledge

In Christian theology, transcendence is a paramount idea as it refers to the fact that God is completely removed from the world, and can be found beyond the material universe. This stands in opposition with religious ideas which place God within the material world. When the human knowledge reaches the limits of what science can explained, going beyond this limit means experiencing transcendence. In the Bible, concepts on transcendence and human knowledge refer to ignorance and self-knowledge. The concept of self-knowledge however must be distinguished from the idea of transgressive knowledge which tests the limits of human understanding and ...