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    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
    EDUCATION 230-3
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    INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
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    (D1.00)
    Regular Summer Semester, 1992
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    Instructor: ?
    Dr. Tasos Kazepides
    (May 4 - July 31)
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    Office: ?
    MPX 8662
    Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
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    Phone: ?
    291-4517
    Location: ASB 9703
    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 problems from a philosophical perspective.
    The 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
    1.
    A paper of about 10-15 typewritten pages on a topic approved by the instructor (50% of
    the grade).
    2.
    A final examination (50% of the grade).
    REQUIRED TEXTS
    1.
    Hirst, P.H., & Peters, R.S. The Lo
    g ic of Education (R.K.P.).
    2.
    Israel Scheffler, The Language of Education (Charles C. Thomas).
    COURSE OUTLINES AND READINGS
    The readings appear in two groups under each of the listed topics. The first group (a) is
    Re q
    uired Readings; the second group (b) is Recommended Readings.
    1. THE NATURE AND VALUE OF PHILOSOPHIZING IN EDUCATION
    (a)
    Hirst and Peters, The Logic of Education (Ch. 1).
    (b)
    Soltis, J., An Introduction to the Analysis of Educational Concents. (Chs. 6
    and 7).
    2.
    VAGUENESS, AMBIGUITY AND EMOTIVE USES OF LANGUAGE
    (b) Alston, W., Philosophy of Language (Ch. 5 "Dimensions of Meaning")
    Green, T.F., The Activities of Teaching (Ch. 2).
    Olson, R.G., Meaning and Ar gument (Ch. 3).
    Beardsley, M., Thinking Straight,
    pp.
    207-218.
    Copi, I.M., Introduction to Lo
    g
    ic (Chs. VI,
    1X).
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    3. THE LOGIC OF EDUCATIONAL SLOGANS
    (a)
    Scheffler, I., "Educational Slogans," The Language of Education.
    (b)
    Komisar, B. Paul and McClellan, J.E., "The Logic of Slogans" in Smith and
    Ennis (eds) Language and Concepts in Education (Ch. 13).
    4. THE FUNCTION OF METAPHORS IN EDUCATIONAL DISCOURSE
    (a)
    Scheffler, I., "Educational Metaphors," The Lan
    guage
    of Education.
    (b)
    Alston, W., Philosophy of Language (Ch. 5).
    Black, M., Models and Metaphors (Ch. 111).
    5.
    THE FUNCTION OF DEFINITIONS IN EDUCATIONAL DISCOURSE
    (b) Scheffler, I., "Definitions in Education," The Lan
    guage
    of Education.
    Olson, R.G., Meaning and Argument (Ch. 7).
    Copi, I., Introduction to Logic (Ch. 4).
    Soltis, An Introduction..., (Ch. 1).
    PartB
    6.
    THE CRITERIA OF EDUCATION - THE ACHIEVEMENT SENSE
    (a)
    Hirst and Peters, The Logic of Education (Ch. 2).
    (b)
    Oakeshott, M., "Education: The Engagement and its Frustration" from 21.
    Proceedings of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, Vol. V
    (Jan. 1971).
    Lloyd, D.I. (ed.), Philoso
    p h y
    and the Teacher (Ch. 4).
    Peters, R.S., "What is an Educational Process?" in R.S. Peters (ed.) Ib..
    Concept of Education.
    Barrow, R. & Woods, R., An Introduction to Philoso
    p
    h
    y
    of Education (Ch. 1).
    7.
    THE CRITERIA OF EDUCATION—EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
    (a)
    Re q
    uired Reading - same as #6
    (b)
    Peters, R.S., Ethics and Education.
    Lloyd, D.I. (ed), Philoso p
    hy and the Teacher (Chs. 5, 6).
    8.
    THE CONCEPT OF TEACHING
    (a)
    Hirst and Peters, The Logic of Education (Ch. 5).
    Scheffler, The Lan
    guage of Education, chs. IV, V.
    Kazepides, "Wittgenstein and the Rationalists on Learning & Teaching"
    (Handout).
    (b)
    Kosimar, B. Paul, "Teaching: Act and Enterprise" from Studies in
    Philosophy and Education. Vol. VI, No. 2 (Spring, 1968).
    Soltis, An Introduction..., (Chs. 3,
    4, 5)
    9.
    THE PROBLEM OF INDOCTRINATION
    (a)
    Kazepides, A.C., "Indoctrination, Doctrines and the Foundation of
    Rationality" from Philosophy of Education 1987 (Handout).
    Kazepides, A.C., "Educating, Socializing and Indoctrinating" (Handout).
    (b)
    Snook, I.A. (ed.) Concepts of Indoctrination.
    Lloyd, D.I. (ed.) Philoso
    p h y and the Teacher (Ch. 2).
    Barrow & Woods, An Introduction to Philosophy of Education (Ch.
    4).
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    10. THE CURRICULUM
    (a)
    Hirst and Peters, The Logic of Education (Ch. 4).
    Straughan and Wilson, Philosoohizing.... (Ch. 3) (Handout).
    (b)
    Lloyd, Philoso p
    h
    y
    and the Teacher (Ch. 7).
    White, J.P., Towards a Compulsory Curriculum.
    Pring, R., Knowledge and Schooling.
    Barrow, R., The Canadian Curriculum.
    Hirst, P., Knowledge and the Curriculum.
    11. AUTHORITY, DISCIPLINE AND PUNISHMENT IN EDUCATION
    (a)
    Hirst and Peters, The Logic of Education (Ch. 7).
    Kazepides, A.C., "The Justification of Discipline" (Handout).
    Kazepides, A.C. "On Learning from the Consequences of One's Actions
    (Handout).
    (b)
    Wilson, P.S., Interest and Disci
    p
    line in Education.
    Lloyd,
    D.I. (ed.),
    Philoso p h y
    and the Teacher (Chs. 10, 11).
    Peters, R.S., Authorit
    y.
    Res p onsibilit y
    and Education (Chs. 1-4).
    Nash, P., Authority and Freedom in Education.
    12. VALUES AND MORAL EDUCATION
    (a)
    Hamm and Daniels, "Moral Education as the Achievement of Virtue"
    (Handout).
    (b)
    Hirst, Moral Education in a Secular Society.
    Hamm, C., "Moral Education Without Religion" in Cochrane et. al. (eds.).
    The Domain of Moral Education (Also reply by M. Elliott and rejoinder by
    Hamm).

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