- Experiential Knowledge
- Factual Knowledge
- Skills Knowledge
We also turned our attention to wisdom. In reflecting upon what constitutes wisdom, several students articulated that it encompasses all three categories, but emphasizes experiential knowledge. It also requires reflection.
Students too mentioned specific classmates who seemed wise in that they firmly and compassionately understood what was important and meaningful in specific situations.
Can wisdom be taught? If it cannot, what does this tell us about learning? If it can, could you create a course on wisdom and what would you teach? How would you teach it?
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ReplyDeleteI think that wisdom is something that can only be learnt through time and experience and is definitely something that cannot be taught. Furthermore, I believe that true wisdom is not something that all people are able to acquire. I also believe that there can be different levels of wisdom and they affect an individual's way of learning greatly. Learning is the understanding and absorbing information that is given us through any of our senses. How we interpret that information is where "our wisdom" comes in and affects the way we see things based on the things learnt. Therefore, I would definitely not be able to teach a class/course on wisdom as it is impossible and I do not know the levels of wisdom that I have acquire so far myself.
ReplyDeleteWisdom, personally, cannot be taught, at least in the traditional sense. It is something that must be found by oneself in oneself. It can only be gained through the deep understanding of experiential knowledge and life. It is up to each person to comprehend his or her experiences and life. This tells us much about learning. It tells us that not all learning is learning of factual knowledge, but learning of life and self. Learning facts is very important, but understanding ourselves, and what we have experienced, is too. It also shows how we, as well as life and experience, are the teachers when it comes to knowing certain things. Though Wisdom cannot be taught in a conventional way, Wisdom can be passed from one person to another. Though Wisdom is, ultimately, something each of us must find and understand ourselves, we can be helped along the way by people who already have the gift. There are sayings that are very popular because they are Wise, and an understanding of life is seen in them. They encourage compassion and understanding, love and patience, and are very philosophical. So, yes, wisdom could be taught in a certain aspect, but not in a traditional sense. There is no definition or formula for Wisdom. You cannot memorize Wisdom. It is something each of us finds in ourselves, something that is taught by life and experience, aided sometimes by those who are already wise.
ReplyDeleteWisdom is definitely something that cannot be taught. It is a gift that each and every one of us gains slowly over time; by experiencing new things every day, by obtaining skills, and also by learning basic facts. It is often said, and also shown in films or children's storybooks, that the wise person is always the elderly one. Why? Because the older you get, the more experience you have, you have developed your knowledge in thousands of different angles.
ReplyDeleteThis tells us that learning, is definitely a part of wisdom, it allows one to truly understand themselves, and develop knowledge that could be used in the future. Wisdom isn't something that has to be taught and tested on. It develops gradually, and there is no real 'point' in which you can say: 'you're a wise person'. It's not like when you finish school, and you can say you graduated. Being wise, is something that is found slowly in each one of us, through experience, over time.
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ReplyDeleteWisdom is not something which may be taught or learnt. One may accumulate large amounts of knowledge yet never be wise. That is because wisdom, in addition to knowledge, requires the ability to have good judgement (something which not everyone possesses) and often requires knowledge which may be only gained empirically. Wisdom is the full and complete understanding of life. Although one may learn wise things from a wise person, one may not learn wisdom or become wise through said things.
ReplyDeleteWisdom is definitely a thing that cannot be taught in the traditional way and by a teacher. The source of wisdom, in a certain way, is life. Experience, knowledge and skills combine with one's inner nature to create wisdom. Not everybody is considered to be wise because not everybody can understand what is truly important and meaningful in specific situations. The more the experience, the more the wisdom. knowledge both gained from experience and in school is processed and, depending on the person, it is interpreted and assimilated in different ways "creating" wisdom. So, in conclusion, there is no exact point in life where someone can be said to be wise because wisdom is acquired through life and through each person's real self.
ReplyDeleteWisdom cannot be taught since it's something that has to be acquired inividually but someone can lead you towards wisdom. Wisdom is a path that people have to take throughout their lives through experience, knowledge and skills. A person can lead an individual towards experience and teach knowledge as well skills but the way the individual interprets the aspects learned is different from person to person and that is the building block of wisdom. Therefore a course for wisdom cannot be taught and learning is an individual mechanism.
ReplyDeleteAccording to me wisdom is a form of knowledge that can not be taught, it comes from a development of all the types of knowledge which are: Experiential Knowledge, Factual Knowledge, Skills Knowledge. These forms of knowledge cannot be taught, they come from time and situations. It might be easy to be taught factual knowledge but then it depends on the location of your school. A school in India will learn Indian history in greater depth a school in America, and vice versa. Skills maybe be developed to a greater extent when there is someone to teach a student, but without the fundamental skill it is hard to go anywhere. And last experience come with time, it is impossible to teach a class experience. Therefore, to conclude wisdom cannot be taught but this dose not mean that education should not exist. Education is needed to gain some knowledge and it leads to experiences and the development of skills. They are like building blocks that need to fit together to achieve wisdom.
ReplyDeleteWisdom is a trait that cannot be taught. To be wise a person has to be able to utilize his knowledge and experience with common sense and insight. Both knowledge and experience come with time, and teach human beings many things. Therefore, even wisdom comes with time. It is not something that can be found around the corner. Human beings don't call wisdom when they need it, once one acquires it usually transforms the person's way of thinking for ever. Wisdom is one of those traits that human beings find when they least except it, and it only can be "taught" by knowledge and experience.
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ReplyDeleteI believe that it is one's own opinion to state whether wisdom can or cannot be taught. In my opinion, I do believe it cannot be. The question that we are all asking ourselves is; "but if wisdom can be learned, how would we teach it?" How is one supposed to know the specific material or specific idea of wisdom when it is implanted within an individual? I would have to believe that wisdom is a characteristic of a person rather than a skill that one can acquire. The characteristic of that person has the possibility of gaining more and more information through time.
ReplyDeleteSeveral people may believe that wisdom is the same way as how people assume the idea of "intelligence", you either have it or you don't. But for the learning aspect, some students or people have a talent for being able to understand ideas or theories a lot quicker than other students. Some students have to put more time and effort in their studies, while others have it the easy way out and yet still get high grades. It may be seen as unfair but it's what makes us all different and unique individuals. Teaching wisdom may be a very difficult task if one's goal is to convey certain ideas and theories that can be understood. But that would not be the difficult process, the difficulty would be by figuring out how to communicate the idea of wisdom. Thus, being a scientific problem or may even point out some shortcomings in our current conceptualizations of language.
I believe wisdom is not something that can be taught. For the simple reason that wisdom is a talent that mostly comes from personal experience and personal reflection, if it were to be taught it would not have the same effect. Surely one who is wise could talk to another person, and give him or her advice on things that he has concluded from his experience,but this would not make this second person wise. Therefore, I believe that wisdom is not something that can be taught like many other matters. This makes me reflect on learning, and the only conclusion I am able to make is that all those who truly learn have wisdom. If one really learns, it means they are reflecting upon things and not just accepting them as facts. I find this to be the first step towards becoming a wise person, therefore all those who learn have the possibility, and the ability, of becoming wise people.
ReplyDeleteI believe that wisdom cannot be taught because it is something that you cannot be told. Wisdom is something that is acquired throughout experience and general knowledge. The knowledge of being wise is different to knowledge that is obtained by learning. To be wise is to be able to take information and reason out of it, get a sense bigger that what it actually is out of it. To learn is to just take information and store it; to be wise is to take that information a step further. A wise person isn’t trained to be wise but teaches himself how to become so. A mature person who is able to take his own experiences, use true facts, and develop his/her skills is someone who can create smart ideas and opinions in his head, which enable him/her to be wise. It cannot be taught because it involves using your brain, and thinking, which is not always done with the information you take in when you are taught something. I think that wisdom itself cannot be taught but maybe how wisdom can be developed can be taught. Maybe methods of assimilating the information correctly and reasoning out the information can be explained. Maybe methods of helping people use their experiences and get something out of them can bring close to a sense of wisdom.
ReplyDeleteI personally believe that wisdom cannot be taught through lessons, classes and direct teachings through books, speeches, presentations and all the other mediums we use daily in school. I do believe that one can acquire wisdom by learning through the moral decisions another person makes but it is not possible to follow their path to wisdom. I have learned all about originality and creating your own path in life through the awe-inspiring novel 'Siddhartha' by Hermann Hesse. The story is incredibly influential in one's understanding of life choices and individuality. I think the teachings in Siddhartha can be related to wisdom because both are found through personal experiences. I conclude that one must become wise through time, by having patience, knowledge, common sense and ethical morals. You cannot be taught how to be wise, because in the end, everyone's wisdom is different.
ReplyDeleteAll of us come across wise sayings and teachings all the time, but that doesn't mean we comprehend them fully at the moment in which we encounter them. Nonetheless, they always teach us something. The same can be said for experiencing the wise actions of another. They teach us something whenever we encounter them, though we may not fully grasp all their meaning until later. Their personal experiences or inbuilt instinctive attitudes dictate their level of wisdom. The other half of "learning" wisdom is our own experiences and what we learn from them. Some of wisdom is hard work on our part; the other portion is purely gift.
ReplyDeleteI personally do not believe that wisdom can be taught, but wisdom can be aquired. We cannot sit in a classroom and hope to become wise, we must learn wisdom through experience. But mind, experience is not equivalent to age; there may be a correlation between the two, but one does not bring around the other. Learning is essential to gain experience but this does not always mean sitting in a classroom taking notes, learing happens when we are living our lives. What I mean by this is we learn from our experiences and things that happen to us. For example if you trip on a step, you may tell yourself to remember to lift your leg higher next time or to avoid that area altogether.I feel that Kim has summarised what I am trying to say very well in one sentence. She writes: "Some of wisdom is hard work on our part; the other portion is purely gift."
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