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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 interest in
    educational
    variety of
    phi
    studies
    losophical
    with an
    issues
    opportunity
    in contemporary
    to examine
    education.
    critically a
    Secondly,
    the philosophical
    it aims
    method
    to provide
    of enquiry.
    students
    On
    with
    completion
    an
    u
    nderstanding
    of this
    of
    course the student should have acquired, to some degree, the
    education.
    skill of identifying and tackling
    phil
    osophical questions in
    Course Content
    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
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    The Nature of Education
    Section
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    Moral Dimensions of Education
    Course Requirements
    Assignment
    i.
    5%
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    15%
    20%
    5%
    5%
    Final (take home) examination
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    50%
    Required Text
    Hurst, P.H.,, and Peters, R.S. The Logic of Education.
    London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1970 (paperback).

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