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432-4: PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN TEACHING
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821-5:
PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN TEACHING
Fall Semester, 88-3
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Instructor: Dr. C.M. Hamm
Thursday Evenings
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Office: ?
MPX
8654
4:30 - 8:20 p.m. ?
Phone: ?
291-3662
Location: MPX
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This course is constructed in response to a frequently heard demand that philosophical
studies in education be of more direct service to the practising classroom teacher.
Accordingly a number of classroom practices and teacher-related activities (as outlined
below) are philosophically examined. Assumptions underlying these practices are made
explicit; the structure and meaning of the arguments clarified; and the merits of the
arguments assessed.
BRIEF COURSE OUTLINE:
A.
The teacher as educator.
B.
The teacher and the curriculum. (child-centered curriculum; integrated curriculum; the
"needs" curriculum)
C.
The teacher and classroom control. (compulsion; freedom and authority; discipline and
punishment)
D.
Concepts of teaching and teaching practices. (conditioning; indoctrination; behaviour
modification; learning by discovery; play; creativity; values clarification; individualized
instruction)
E.
The teacher and facilitation of learning. (open-education; self-education; alternative
education)
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
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Seminar presentations - 20%
B.
Mid-term exam (on required reading) - 30%
C.
Major paper -
50%
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Chambers, John H. The Achievement of Education. Harper & Row, 1983.
B. Selected essays.
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