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    FACULTY OF EDUCATION
    Education 230-3 Philosophical Issues in Education
    Spring Semester 1978
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    Instructor: Dr. C.M. Hamm
    COURSE GUIDE
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    General Information
    This course, open to all undergraduates, is intended to provide students
    who have a general interest in educational studies an opportunity to
    examine critically a variety of contemporary educational problems from
    a philosophical perspective.
    The central concern of the course is to elucidate the nature of education
    together with an attempt to assess the extent to which the modern school
    fulfills its function as an educational institution.
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    Brief Course Outline
    A. The Nature of Philosophical Issues in Education
    B. Conflicting Perspectives on Education
    C. The Nature of Education
    1. The aims of Education
    2. The means-ends model in Education
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    The concept 'Education'
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    Education and the development of mind
    5.
    Education and the nature of knowledge
    D. Moral Dimensions of Education
    1. The nature of punishment and authority
    2. Freedom and respect for persons
    3. Conditioning and indoctrination
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    Moral education
    III. Course Requirements
    A. Students will be expected to attend two one-hour lecture-discussion
    sessions and one one-hour tutorial each week.
    B. Papers
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    A short paper of about 500 words will be due in January
    2.
    A longer paper of about 2000 words will be due in March
    (Suggested essay topics and supplementary bibliography will
    be distributed on assignment guide sheets).
    C. Examinations - There will be a 1 hour mid-term examination in
    February and a 1 hour final examination in April based on the lectures
    and the required readings.
    D. Readings Text
    1.
    Required - Hirst, P.H. and Peters, R.S., The Logic of Education,
    Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970.
    2.
    Recommended - Scheffler, I., The Language of Education, Charles C.
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    Thomas Publisher, Springfield, Ill., 1960.
    Woods, G.R.
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    Barrow, R., An Introduction to Philosophy
    of Education, Methuen
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    Co. Ltd., London, 1975.
    Articles
    ' Required-l. Dearden, R.F., "Needs' in Education" in British Journal of
    Educational Studies, XIV, #3 (Nov., 1966)
    pp.
    5-17.
    2.
    Hirst, P.H., "The Logic of the Curriculum" in Journal of
    Curriculum Studies, 1969.
    3.
    Kazepides, A.C., "The Grammar of 'Indoctrination'",
    Philosophy of Education, 1973.
    4.
    Oakeshott, M., "Education: The Engagement and its Frustration"
    in British Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. V, #1 (Jan.,
    1971).
    S. Peters, R.S., "The Nature of Authority" in Peters, R.S.
    Authority, Responsibility and Education, London, George
    Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1966, Ch. 1.
    6. Peters, R.S., "What is an Educational Process" in Peters,
    R.S. (ed.) The Concept of Education, Routledge and Kegan
    Paul, 1967, Ch. 1.
    (These articles will be otainable on short term loan from the
    office of the Teaching Assistant).
    E. Supplementary Readings
    Students will be expected to do some additional reading in the area
    of their essay topics (see note III B above) and to supplement
    lecture topics. Key books and articles recommended for this purpose
    will be placed on reserve. Additional copies of some of the main
    articles will be obtainable from the office of the T.A. (A list
    of these materials will be made available for all students).

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