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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'
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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
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R.S. ?
Peters,
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The Lo
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RKP,
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1970.