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Education 435-4/807-5?
EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND THEORY CRITICISM
REGULAR SEMESTER 1982
Ed.435- Tluirsd,ay, 4:30 - 8:20
Ed. 807 - Thursday, 4:30 - 9:20
INSTRUCTOR: S. C. de Castell
Telephone: 291-3627
Office: CAE 6, Room 623
This is primarily a "reading and discussion" course. The intention
is to expose students to works which have been of major significance
in educational thought. Class discussion will give each student
maximum opportunity to develop a critical and informed understanding
of a range of educational models. Each model will be considered
in terms of its implicit social and political theory, its view of
human learning, and its conceptions of human nature and educational
knowledge.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Students will be expected to read widely and to
attend classes consistently. Each student will
be asked to prepare two short discussion papers
on works of their own choice (wherever possible),
and to submit a final essay of 8 - 10 pages in
length. There will be no final exam for this
course.
COURSE READINGS: Works to be examined are:
Plato: The Republic
Rousseau: Emile
Dewey: Democracy and Education
Skinner: Beyond Freedom and Dignity
Neill: Summerhill
Illich: De-Schooling Society
Freire: Education for Critical Consciousness
All required readings will be on reserve in multiple copies in the
library. A supplementary reading list will be provided. Each session
will involve a lecture by the instructor, a student discussion paper
on the week's topic, and a seminar discussion of the text read. Some
text-substitution will be possible if desired. Students taking the
course for graduate credit will cover the same material, but in greater
depth. The same applies to essays, for which a higher standard of
analysis and criticism is expected. Tutorials will be arranged for
this purpose.