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    EDUCATION 431
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    An Analysis of Educational Concepts
    Spring Semester ?
    Instructor: J.R. Covert
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    Room: 638 (Bldg.6)
    Phone: 291-3519
    The purpose of this course is to help students of education to apply some of
    the tools of philosophy to specific problems in education. In order to accomplish
    this purpose, some of the more significant concepts commonly used by educators
    will be analyzed, including: education, knowing, teaching, indoctrination and
    equality. Through an understanding of the language of education some of the more
    significant problems in education will be analyzed in an effort to learn how one
    goes about generating the best solution to such problems.
    The course will be conducted mainly as a seminar centering on specific assigned
    readings each week. A lecture format will be used to introduce the topics but
    participation by seminar members will be encouraged. The course will be organized
    around the following broad topics.
    The Language of Education
    The Concept of Education
    Knowing and Understanding
    Teaching and Learning
    Aims of Education and the Curriculum
    Some Normative Issues of Education
    REQUIRED TEXTS:
    Woods and Barrow: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education (1975)
    RECOMMENDED TEXTS:
    Park (ed.), Selected Readings in the Philosophy of Education (1974)
    Soltis, An Introduction to the Analysis of Educational Concepts, 2nd edition (1978)
    PVAT.1TLTTflN
    1.
    One exam will be written in a take-home format.
    2.
    A term paper of about 15 typewritten double-spaced pages, or two shorter
    papers will be required.
    3.
    A brief seminar presentation as well as seminar participation will be
    expected.

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