Chapter 7: Thinking about Teaching and Learning

In The Joy of Teaching  by Gene Hall, she mentions the idealism of  Metaphysics, Epistemology, Axiology.  "Metaphysics is concerned with questions about nature of reality and humans' attempts to find coherence in the realm of thought and experience... Epistemology examines questions about how and what we know and how knowing takes place... Axiology branch of philosophy deals with questions concerning the nature of values." (Hall, 2008) I feel that these are great to incorporate in your teaching philosophy but, at the same time what is the point of them?  As education is repetitious echoes that keep extending farther and farther, why would we need to know the concept of others nature of values, how knowing takes place, and thought and experience?  As the gain of knowing is from outcomes, if you stick your hand into a toaster you'll know not to do it again, values are caused by outcomes also as well as experiences.  They are crucial because without us teachers considering and taking them into account.  How can we effectively teach them to their fullest potential?