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EDUCATION 230-3
PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION
REGULAR SESSION 1980
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INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Cornel Hamm
Thursday, 1:30 -
General Information
This course, open to all undergraduates, is intended to provide students who
have a general interest in educational studies an opportunity 'o examine
critically a variety of contemporary educational problems from a philosophical
perspective.
Brief Course Outline
A.
The Nature of Philosophical Issues in Fducatio'
B.
Conflicting Perspectives on Education
C.
The Nature of Education
1.
The aims of Education
2.
The means-ends model in Education
3.
The concept 'Education'
4.
Education and the development of mind
5.
Education and the nature of knowledge
I). Moral Dimensions of Education
• The nature of punishment and authority
2.
Freedom and respect for persons
3.
Conditioning and indoctrination
4.
Moral education
Course Requirements
A. Students will be expected to attend twoone-hour lecture-discussion
sessions and one one-hour tutorial each week.
B. Papers
1.
A short paper of about 500 words.
2.
A longer paper of about 2000 words.
(Suggested essay topics and supplementary bibliography
will be distributed on assignment guide sheets.)
C. Examinations - There will be a 1 hour mid-term examination
and a 1 hour final examination basedon the lectures and
the required readings.
D. Required readings:
Text: (1) Hirst, P. H. and Peters, R. S., The Logic of Education,
Routledc,e and Kegan Paul, 1970.
(2) Several additional essays (on reserve)
E. Supplementary readinis: As recommended by instructor.
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