1. INTRODUCTIONPhilosophy is very important when it comes to educational practice. It helps teachers understand everything that happens in the school setting as well as how all citizens of the school act and think. It also helps them think more clearly. This gives them wisdom and helps them learn more about what is happening in the world they live in. This helps them get to know each other. This assignment will focus on explaining the importance of philosophy for the practice of teaching by highlighting the influence of epistemology on the way I teach, the importance of ethics in the practice of teaching, as well as the identification of a teaching philosophy among pragmatism, existentialism or liberalism.2. HOW DID EPISTEMOLOGY INFLUENCE THE WAY I TEACH Epistemology as a theory of knowledge has influenced the way I teach because I realized that there are certain things that we adapt to the external environment and that these things have a major influence on the internal environment in which I actively work. build knowledge. Being aware of these influences helped me understand that knowledge is not only constructed from the school setting, but also from the world outside of school. As a result, I am able to act on these external influences and create knowledge rather than passively reacting to the environment. In addition to the aforementioned information, Neufeld (2009:82) states that we construct knowledge from what we already know. As new information comes to us from the environment, we perceive it as an arrangement of figures that can be incorporated into our picture frame that refers to the world that concerns us. If this new information cannot be incorporated into our existing philosophies, that is pragmatism. Putting this philosophy into practice has improved the way teaching is done in many schools. This made learning more interesting and easier to understand. It is therefore of utmost importance for all educators to find ways to use this philosophy in their teaching profession.BIBLIOGRPHYKillen, R. 2010. Teaching Strategies for Quality Teaching and Learning. South Africa. Claremont. Juta & Company Ltd. Mayer, RE 2008. Learning and Instruction (2nd ed.). USA. Columbus, Ohio. Pearson Prentice Hall. Mitchell, C. and Sackney, L. 2011. Deep Improvement: Building Capacity in the Learning Community on Living System Principles (2nd Edition). UNITED STATES. London and New York. Routledge. Neufeld, J. 2009. Redefining teacher development. USA. London and New York. Routledge. Sharma, P. 2009. Issues in Education. New Delhi. APH Publishing Company.