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EDUCATION 230-3 (D1.00)

INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

Regular Summer Semester, 1994 ?

Instructor:

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Tasos Kazepides

(May 2—July 29)

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Office: ?

MPX 8662

Wednesday, 10:30-12:20 ?

Phone:

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291-4517

Location: AQ 3181

May be applied to a certificate in Liberal Arts

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 (60%

of the grade).

2.

A final examination (40% of the grade).

REQUIRED TEXTS

1.

Cornel Hamm, 1989. Philoso

p hical Issues in Education. Falmer Press:

London. ISBN 1-85000-599-0

2.

Handouts.

COURSE OUTLINES AND READINGS

The readings appear in two groups under each of the listed topics. The first group (a) is

Reauired Readings; the second group (b) is Recommended Readings,

Part A

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THE NATURE AND VALUE OF PHILOSOPHIZING IN EDUCATION

(a)

Hamm, (Ch. 1).

(b)

Soltis, J., An Introduction to the Anal y sis of Educational Conce p

ts, (Chs. 6 and 7).

2. ?

DEFINITIONS IN EDUCATION: TYPES AND FUNCTIONS

(a) Hamm,

(Ch. 1).

Scheffler, "Definitions in Education".

3. ?

VAGUENESS, AMBIGUITY AND EMOTIVE USES OF LANGUAGE

(a)

Hamm (Ch. 2).

(b)

Alston, W., Philosop h y of Language (Ch. 5) "Dimensions of Meaning").

Green, T.F., The Activities of Teaching (Ch. 2).

Olson, R.G., Meaning and Argument (Ch. 3).

Beardsley, M., Thinking Straight,

pp.

207-218.

Copi, I.M., Introduction to Logic (Chs. VI, IX).

4. ?

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 Sloans' in Smith and Ennis

(eds.) Language and Concerts in Education (Ch. 13).

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5.

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THE FUNCTION OF METAPHORS IN EDUCATIONAL DISCOURSE

(a)

Hamm, (Ch. 2).

(b)

Alston, W., Philosophy of Language (Ch. 5).

(c)

Black, M., Models and Metaphors (Ch. 111).

Part B

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ACTIVITIES, PROCESSES AND EDUCATION

(a)

Kazepides, "Educating, Socializing and Indoctrinating".

(b)

Oakeshott, M., "Education: The Engagement and its Frustration" from

fl

Proceedings of the Philosophy

of Education Societ

y 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.)

Ihe

Concent of Education.

Barrow, R. & Woods, R., An Introduction to Philoso

p

h y of Education (Ch. 1).

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THE CONCEPT OF EDUCATION

(a)

Hamm (Chs. 3, 4 and 10).

(b)

Peters, R.S., Ethics and Education.

Lloyd, D.I. (ed), Philosop

h

y

and the Teacher (Chs. 5, 6).

8.

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EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA & THE NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE

(a) Kazepides, "On Educational Aims, Curriculum Objectives."

Hamm, (Ch. 5).

9.

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THE PROBLEM OF INDOCTRINATION

(a)

Kazepides, A.C., "Indoctrination, Doctrines and the Foundation of Rationality"

from Philoso p

h

y of Education 1987 (Handout).

(b)

Snook, I.A. (ed.) Concepts of Indoctrination.

Lloyd,

D.I. (ed.)

Philosop

h

y and the Teacher (Ch. 2).

Barrow and Woods, An Introduction to Philosophy

of Education (Ch. 4).

10. THE CONCEPT OF TEACHING

(a) Hamm, (Ch. 7).

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)

11. AUTHORITY, DISCIPLINES AND PUNISHMENT IN EDUCATION

(a)

Hamm, (Ch. 8).

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.), Philosophy and the Teacher (Chs. 10, 11).

Peters, KS., Authority. Responsibility and Education (Chs. 1-4).

Nash, P., Authorit

y

and Freedom in Education.

12. VALUES AND MORAL EDUCATION

(a) Hamm, (Ch. 9).

Kazepides, "On the Prerequisites of Moral Education.. ."

(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).