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    Education
    230-3 Introduction to Philosophy of Education
    (Philosophical Issues in Education)
    REGULAR SUMMER SEMESTER, 1983
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    INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Cornel Hamm
    Wednesdays, 1:00 - 3:50
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    LOCATION: on campus
    Course Description
    This course is an introduction to philosophy of education. As such
    it is
    intended to provide prospective teachers as well as others interested
    in education an
    opportunity to examine a variety of educational problems
    from a
    philosophical perspective. The central concern of the course is to
    elucidate the nature of education as a phenomenon distinguishable from such
    activities
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    as training, schooling, and socialization. It should enable
    one to think more clearly and critically about a host of problems, issues,
    and concepts in
    education. There are no pre-requisites for the course. A
    brief course outline follows:
    A.
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    The
    Nature of Philosophical
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    Issues ?
    in Education
    1.
    What are philosophical
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    problems ?
    in education?
    2.
    What role does philosophy have in Solving educational problems?
    B. ?
    The
    Language of Education
    1.
    Meaning and definitions
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    in education.
    2.
    Slogans and metaphors
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    in education.
    3.
    Problems of vagueness,
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    ambiquity,and emotive uses of language.
    C. ?
    The
    Nature of Education
    1.
    The concept ?
    education'.
    2.
    The concepts ?
    teaching' ?
    and
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    leurriinj'
    3.
    Cognitive education and education of
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    the emotions.
    4.
    The aims of education.
    5.
    Education, curriculurn,and
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    the nature of knowledge.
    6.
    The means-ends question
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    in education.
    D.
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    Moral ?
    Dimensions of Education
    1.
    Freedom and authority in education.
    2.
    Discipline and punishment in education.
    3.
    Conditioning and indoctrination.
    4.
    The justification of content in education.
    5.
    Values and moral education.
    Course Requirements
    1.
    Tutorial ?
    participation.
    2.
    Examination on required readings.
    3.
    One or more short papers.
    Texts
    P.H. ?
    Hirst
    &
    R.S. ?
    Peters,
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    The Lo
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    icof[duatjon
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    RKP,
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    1970.

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