Motivation

LEARNING COMPETENCY

1.1 Distinguish a holistic perspective from a partial perspective. (Understanding)

The performance standard specifies how the transfer of learning on doing philosophy should be demonstrated by the learner at the endLC 1 is concerned with the acquisition of knowledge. This LC is about learners understanding (a) what partial seeing is, (b) what holistic seeing is, (c) the difference between partial and holistic seeing, and (d) how to move from partial to holistic seeing. The appropriate assessment tool for the thinking skill targeted is an objective test of understanding. The appropriate teaching strategy that prepares the student to be successful with the assessment is anything that involves representation of ideas. of the lesson. The learner should be able to perform the process of seeing that philosophy is all about. The object of seeing is a concrete experience. At the end of the process, the learner should be able to have a philosophical insight.

Text:

"Blind Men and the Elephant" by John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887)

It was six men of Indostan,To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant(Though all of them were blind), That each by observationMight satisfy his mind.
The First approach'd the Elephant, And happening to fallAgainst his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl: "God bless me! but the ElephantIs very like a wall!"
The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, -"Ho! what have we hereSo very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mighty clear, This wonder of an ElephantIs very like a spear!"

The Third approach'd the animal, And happening to takeThe squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: "I see," -quoth he- "the ElephantIs very like a snake!"
The Fourth reached out an eager hand, And felt about the knee: "What most this wondrous beast is likeIs mighty plain," -quoth he,- "'Tis clear enough the Elephant Is very like a tree!"
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said- "E'en the blindest manCan tell what this resembles most; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an ElephantIs very like a fan!"

The Sixth no sooner had begunAbout the beast to grope, Then, seizing on the swinging tailThat fell within his scope, "I see," -quoth he,- "the ElephantIs very like a rope!"
And so these men of IndostanDisputed loud and long, Each in his own opinionExceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong!
MORAL,
So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean; And prate about an Elephant Not one of them has seen!

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