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FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Educ. 435-4: Educational Theory and Theory Criticism
Spring, 1973
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Instructor: Dr. A.C. Kazepides
The purpose of this course is to develop in prospective teachers the
capacity to understand and evaluate educational slogans and theories
(a)
by examining the nature and dimensions of educational theory, and
(b)
by studying and evaluating various proposals for education
Outline
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The Nature of Educational Theory
1)
The view that Educational Theory is an autonomous discipline.
2)
The view that Educational Theory is an architectonic discipline.
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Dimensions of Educational Theor
1)
The empirical dimensions
2)
The value dimensions
3)
The metaphysical dimensions
4)
Philosophy and Educational Theory
III. Theory and Practice
1) The Utopian approach:
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The piecemeal approach:
Plato's Republic
Skinner's Walden ir
Evaluation and reorganization
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Two Popular Slo2ans
1)
Child - centered education
2)
Education as socialization
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Contemporary Educational Theorists
1)
John Dew - Paul Goodman
2)
Jerome Bruner - James McClellan
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Bibliography
1.
Paul H. Hirst, "Educational Theory" in J.W. Tibble (ed.) The Study
of Education, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966.
2.
D.J. O'Connor, "The Nature of Educational Theory" and reply by
P.H. Hirst in Proceedings of the Philosophy of Education Society of
Great Britain, Oxford
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Blackwell, 172,
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97-118.
3.
Ernest Hazel, "Philosophy of Science and Educational Theory", Studies
in Philosophy and Education, Vol. VII, No. 1 (fall) 1969,
Pp.
1-27.
4.
R.S. Peters, et. al. (eds.), Education and the Development of Reason,
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972.
5.
Charles D. Hardie, Truth and Fallacy in Educational They, New York:
Teachers College, Columbia 5ivèit3,192.
6.
Jerome Bruner, The Process of Education, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard
University Press, 1960.
7.
Jerome S. Bruner, Toward a Theory of Instruction, Cambridge Mass.:
Harvard University
press,
1966.
8.
Paul Goodman, Compulsory Mis-education. New York: Vintage Books, 1966.
9.
John Dewey, Democracy and Education, New York: The Macmillan Company,
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Plato,-.Republic
11.
B.F. Skinner, Walden II.
12.
B.O. Smith, "The Need for Logic in Methods Courses." Theory into
Practice, Vol. irt, No. 1 (February) 1964,
pp.
5-8.
13.
James E. McClellan, Toward an Effective Critique of American Education,
New York: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1968.