COURSE OUTLINE
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    ED 230 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
    FALL SEMESTER 1997 ?
    INSTRUCTOR: Doug Smith
    DAY OF THE WEEK: Wednesday ?
    TIME: 7:00 PM
    LOCATION: Fort St John Campus of Northern Lights College ROOM: TBA
    OFFICE: 122
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    PHONE: 787-6226 ?
    EMAIL: dsmlth@nlc.bc.ca
    COURSE DESCRIPTION:
    This course familiarizes students with the nature of philosophy of education and enables
    them to begin to develop their personal views critically. It examines contemporary
    philosophies and situates them within the historical development of educational approaches.
    It addresses the notion of what it means to "think philosophically" about educational issues
    and practices. The crucial role of language for distinguishing and clarifying central
    educational concepts is emphasized, and students are encouraged to pursue high intellectual
    standards in their dialectical discussion, analysis, and synthesis of philosophical issues. NO
    PREREQUISITE.
    A list of the main topics follows:
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    The meaning and relevance of philosophy of education for prospective teachers
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    The nature and methods of philosophy of education
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    Traditional, modem, and contemporary educational concepts, theories and
    philosophies
    1V ?
    Education, Postmodernity and Postmodernism
    V ?
    Language, technology and education
    VI ?
    Critical thinking and philosophy of education
    VII The conscious development of a personal philosophy of education
    COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
    Classwork
    15%
    Weekly Assignments
    25%
    Essays (2 x 20°/ó)
    400/0
    Final Examination
    20%
    100%
    TEXTBOOKS:
    Philosophical Foundations of
    Education,
    5th ed., Howard Ozmon and Samuel Craver,
    Maxwell Macmillan Canada, Don Mills, Ont.,
    1995.
    Postmodernism and Education,
    Robin Usher and Richard Edwards, Routledge, New
    York, 1994.
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