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    EDUCATION 230-3
    PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION
    REGULAR SESSION 1980
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    INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Cornel Hamm
    Thursday, 1:30 -
    General Information
    This course, open to all undergraduates, is intended to provide students who
    have a general interest in educational studies an opportunity 'o examine
    critically a variety of contemporary educational problems from a philosophical
    perspective.
    Brief Course Outline
    A.
    The Nature of Philosophical Issues in Fducatio'
    B.
    Conflicting Perspectives on Education
    C.
    The Nature of Education
    1.
    The aims of Education
    2.
    The means-ends model in Education
    3.
    The concept 'Education'
    4.
    Education and the development of mind
    5.
    Education and the nature of knowledge
    I). Moral Dimensions of Education
    • The nature of punishment and authority
    2.
    Freedom and respect for persons
    3.
    Conditioning and indoctrination
    4.
    Moral education
    Course Requirements
    A. Students will be expected to attend twoone-hour lecture-discussion
    sessions and one one-hour tutorial each week.
    B. Papers
    1.
    A short paper of about 500 words.
    2.
    A longer paper of about 2000 words.
    (Suggested essay topics and supplementary bibliography
    will be distributed on assignment guide sheets.)
    C. Examinations - There will be a 1 hour mid-term examination
    and a 1 hour final examination basedon the lectures and
    the required readings.
    D. Required readings:
    Text: (1) Hirst, P. H. and Peters, R. S., The Logic of Education,
    Routledc,e and Kegan Paul, 1970.
    (2) Several additional essays (on reserve)
    E. Supplementary readinis: As recommended by instructor.
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