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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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EDUCATION 230-3

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INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

Spring Semester, 1991

(January 7 - April 5)

Tuesday & Thursday

11:30 - 12:20, Tutorials

Location: AQ3153

Instructor: Dr. Robin Barrow

Office: MPX 8655

Phone: 291-4787

GENERAL INFORMATION

This course, open to all undergraduates, is intended to provide students who have a

general interest in educational studies an opportunity to examine critically a variety

of educational issues from a philosophical perspective. A central concern of the course

is to elucidate the nature of education and to distinguish it from socialization,

schooling, training and indoctrination. There are no prerequisites for the course.

REQUIREMENTS

Two one-hour lecture-discussion sessions and one one-hour tutorial each week

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Papers: one short paper and one term paper

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Grade Assessment:

20% for a short paper

40% for the term paper

40% for the final examination

REQUIRED TEXTS

R. Barrow and R.G. Woods. An Introduction to Philosophy of Education. 3rd Edition.

R. Barrow and S. Milburn. A Critical Dictionary of Educational Conce

p ts. 2nd

Edition.

COURSE OUTLINE

Philosophy and Rational Argument

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Nature of Philosophy

Rationality and Objectivity

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Nature of Philosophy of Education.

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II. Education and the Cognitive Domain

i)

The Concept of Education

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The Concept of Knowledge

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Mind and Brain.

III.

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Generic Skills

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Needs and Interests

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The emotions

iv)

Creativity.

IV. Curriculum

i)

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, French

ii)

Literature and History

iii)

Religion and Metaphysics

iv)

Moral Education

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Integration.

V. Pedagogy

i)

Research into Teaching

ii)

Autonomy

iii)

Indoctrination

VI.

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Culture

ii)

Multiculturalism

iii)

Rights

iv)

Racism and Sexism.