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DIRECTED INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE
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Simon Fraser University
Faculty of Education
EDTJC 230-3 OUTLINE
PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION
The central concern of this course is two-fold. First, it
is intended to provide students who have a general interest in
educational studies with an opportunity to examine critically a
variety of philosophical issues in contemporary education.
Secondly, it aims to provide students with an
understanding
of
the philosophical method of enquiry. On completion of this
course the student should have acquired, to some degree, the
skill of identifying and tackling philosophical questions in
education.
Course Content ?
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The course is organized in five sections, containing a
total of twelve units.
Section A
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The Nature of Philosophical Inquiry
Section B
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Problems in Educational Language
Section C
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Conflicting Educational Perspectives
Section D
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The Nature of Education
Section E
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Moral Dimensions of Education
Course Reguiremnts
Assignment
I
5%
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III
IV
II
20%
15%
5%
5%
Final (take home) examination
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50%
Required Text
Hurst, P,H., and Peters, R.S.
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of Education.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1970 (paper-back).
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