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DIRECTED
INDEPENDT STUDY COURSE
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Simon Fraser University
Faculty of Education
EDUC 230-3 OUTLINE
PH
ILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION
The central concern of this course is two-fold. First, it
is intended to provide students who have a general interet in
Secondly,
the
educational
variety
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it
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studies
hilosophical
aims to
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students
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with
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examine
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nderstanding
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this
of
a
course the student should have acquired, to some degree, the
education.
skill of identifying and tackling
phi
losophical questions in
Course Content
The course is organized in five sections, containing a
total of twelve units.
Section A -The Nature of Philosophical Inquiry
Section 8
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Problems in Educational Language
Section C
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Conflicting Educational Perspectives
Section D The Nature of Education
Section
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Moral Dimensions of Education
Course Requirements
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15%
20%
5%
5%
5%
Final (take home) examination
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50%
Required Text
Hurst, P.11., and Peters, R.S. The Logic of Education.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1970 (paperback).