A. A knowledge of philosophy is important to every teacher who takes her profession seriously B. Some questions a philosophical teacher asks herself include 1. Like philosophy, schooling is both descriptive and prescriptive. It is prescriptive when it prescribes certain approved forms of behavior and standards. Ontology is the branch of metaphysics that examines the nature of reality.
Cosmology is the branch that examines the origin and structure of the universe.
The curriculum taught by the school represents society's current conception of reality. It is an attempt to pass on the youth of society the generally accepted view of what reality consists of in such subject areas as history, science, math, etc. Socrates is a human. Socrates is mortal. This is an example of deductive reasoning.