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    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
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    skill of identifying and tackling
    phi
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    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).

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