According to Plato,
knowledge is a subset of that which is both true and believed. Do you agree or
disagree? After developing basic answers to the questions above and considering
the impact of understanding how one’s own conscience awareness of knowledge and
learning may affect individual development and beliefs manifestations, research
a minimum of five peer-reviewed articles in the Ashford University Library that
can be used as support sources for your personal learning epistemology. Your
learning epistemology must include six to seven key points with supporting
rationales regarding your beliefs on learning and knowing. Apply professional
standards to your explanation regarding how knowledge is developed by providing
references for any theoretical perspectives, historical trends, and/or
empirical findings you include in your epistemology. Additionally, your
personal epistemology should be an authentic and truthful explanation about
your current beliefs about learning and knowing, as supported by your research,
and not merely reflective of what you think your instructor or peers want to
hear. The paper should not include any elaborate quotes; it should be scholarly
in nature with citations throughout. It is recommended that you submit your
paper to both Writing Reviser and Turnitin prior to submission for grading.
Please note that you will include a revised draft of this epistemology, based
on instructor feedback as well as your own knowledge development during this
course, as part of your Learning and Cognition Handbook.· Why do we believe
certain claims and not others?· How can we differentiate truth from falsehood?· Can knowledge be
certain?· Is knowledge possible? 20 PSY620: LEARNING AND COGNITION COURSE
GUIDE· How do we acquire knowledge?· Why do we know some things but not others?· What do you believe
about the way students learn and why they may (or may not) want to learn?· What image of society
and the kinds of adults that populate it seems to correspond with your vision
of knowing/learning?· How do you believe persons acquire knowledge
best?· What purpose(s) should education serve?· What do/should
individuals need to learn, and why?· How can we know it?· What can we know?·Prior to beginning work
on this assignment, read the “Personal Epistemology in Education”
article in your text (p. 52), the Bendixen and Rule (2004) and Hofer (2006)
articles in the Ashford University Library, and watch the What is Epistemology?
Introduction to the Word and the Concept video required for this week. 19
PSY620: LEARNING AND COGNITION COURSE GUIDE As suggested in the required
articles and video for this assignment, the definition of what a personal
epistemology is has been debated. However, developing a personal learning
epistemology is important because it is foundational to how we think. Without a
multifaceted understanding of how we obtain knowledge, how we rely on our
intelligences, and how we expand ideas in our minds, we have no intelligible
path for our beliefs. A rigorous learning epistemology is essential to
comprehensive reasoning and thinking. Based on your current and newly developed
knowledge as well as the required resources for this assignment, apply basic
research methods to align the content of the information in the required course
resources this week with your personally constructed learning epistemology. Apply
skeptical inquiry to develop your personal epistemological beliefs through
reflection on the questions below. Be aware that these questions are not the
only considerations that might be included, and they should not be used
verbatim; rather, they can serve as guides as you begin the process of creating
your personal epistemology.
The paper:
Must be three to four double-spaced pages in
length, not including the title or references pages, and formatted according to
APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.·
Must include a title page with the
following:·
o Title of paper o
Student’s name o Course name and number
o Instructor’s
name
o Date submitted
PSY620: LEARNING AND
COGNITION COURSE GUIDE
Must begin with an introductory
paragraph.·
Must address the topic with critical thought
and support all assertions with peer-reviewed sources.·
Must end with a conclusion that synthesizes
your belief statements about knowing and learning.·
Must use at least five peer-reviewed sources
from the Ashford University Library.·
Must document all sources in APA style as
outlined in the In-Text Citation Guide.·
Must include a separate references page that
is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the APA References Lis·
