• Epistemology in learning

Epistemology is the theory of knowledge and how we understand the truth. (https://study.com/academy/lesson/epistemology-definition-examples-quiz.html) It's accepted that different subjects and individual researchers have their own approach to research and knowledge creation using different epistemological lens.
These contrasting methods are shaped by the subject of study that employs them. In Fields like chemistry, math, and physics there is often a set answer proven with laws, experiment, and equations. Physiology, psychology, and other arts have multiple accepted truths, there is value place in contradicting ideas. Using differing epistemology is essential to the field's development. There is little debate or pressure from either side to adopt the methods of the other.

However, these differences can cause contradicting approaches to teaching styles. The goal of teaching is learning. Learning is the gaining of knowledge. What we accept as valid knowledge changes with epistemological views. As such learning can be on a spectrum of hard facts to soft skills.

Having a unified approach to learning helps to transfer skills between disciplines and supports a more unified base for students. Learning can become more about life skills than classroom specific tactics when educators can agree on the core concepts of leaning. For example, in math, a teacher may present a question with and equations saying there is the only way to solve it. A chemistry class may present an experiment and student are encouraged to hypothesis what might happen and then defend their response with clear results. An English teacher may ask students to read part of Shakespeare and interpret into modern context leaving huge amounts of ambiguity as what that might mean or be interpreted as. None of these methods are wrong but require very different approaches to students to succeed in a very narrow context. There are also harsh differences in evaluation that can narrow the scalability of learning.

All subject may benefit from drawing on knowledge styles used in other fields. When the principals of collaboration, self-study, and other aspects of collective knowledge are applied across the learning landscape the environment is much more ubiquitous for learners. Having common themes also allows transferring learning to an online platform more fluidly. Being able to use the same format make the eLearning experience much more intuitive for students. This is important to expand the reach of learning through innovative technologies.

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