Centre for Distance Educatio,
Simon Fraser University
WMC 1300 291-3524
Faculty of Education
EDUCATION 230-3
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INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF
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EDUCATION
This course is intended to provide prospective teachers, as well as students
with a general interest in education, an opportunity to examine critically a variety
of philosophical issues in contemporary education. It also aims to provide
students with an understanding of the philosophical method of inquiry .into
educational questions. The central concern of the course is to elucidate the nature
of education as a phenomenon distinct from such activities as training, schooling,
and socialization.
This course is divided into five units, as follows:
1.
Philosophizing about Education
2.
Education
3.
Knowledge and the Curriculum
4 Philosophy and the Teacher
5. Ethics and Education
PREREQUISITE: None.
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Barrow, R. & Woods, R. An Introduction to Philosophy of Education.
(3rd ed.) Routledge, 1988.
Hamm, C.
Philosophical Issues in Education.
Falmer Press, 1989.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Assignment 1
20%
Assignment 2
20%
Assignment 3
20%
Assignment 4
20%
Assignment 5
20%
SUPPLEMENTARY FEES:
Course Materials & Service Fee
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$30
Deposit for Additional Materials
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$20
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