Here are the answers to the questions:
1. Philosophy and education are related in the sense that philosophy provides the theoretical foundation for education while education applies philosophical ideas in practice. Philosophy determines the aims, objectives and principles of education. It helps establish a value system to be imparted through education. For example, ideas from philosophy of existentialism influence how we design education to help students find meaning and purpose.
2. The three main branches of philosophy are:
- Metaphysics - concerns reality and existence. It deals with fundamental questions about the nature of being and the structure of reality.
- Epistemology - concerns knowledge, truth and justification. It deals with questions about the origin, nature, limits and validity of