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Semester: 97-1

Instructor: J

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Office: 8639mpc

Tel: 291-3476

E-mail: Janis_Dawson@sfu.ca

EDUC 250 -3 Studies in the History of Education in the

Section: D1.00

PREREQUISITE

None

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will consist of a a study of major trends in Western educational practice from antiquity to the present.

Topics will include:

• Education in the Ancient World

• Early Christian Schools

• Education in the Middle Ages

• The Impact of the Renaissance and the Reformation on Education

• Education in Early Modern Times

• The Discovery of Childhood

• Nineteenth Century Concepts of Childhood and Education

• Twentieth Century Developments in Educational Thought and Practice

OBJECTIVES

a)

To develop an understanding of the ways in which educational practice has developed and changed over time in the

Western world.

b)

To gain an understanding of the development of Western educational institutions and educational systems in their

historical contexts.

c) To develop an awareness of the purposes of education and schooling in the past as well as the present.

REQUIREMENTS

Course assessment will be based on:

• written assignments

• presentations

• class participation.

REQUIRED READINGS

Demers, P. & Moyles, G.From Instruction to Delight. An Anthology of Children's Literature to 1850. Toronto: OUP, 1956

Boyd, W., trans and ed. The Emile of lean Jacques Rousseau New York: Teachers' College Press

Dewey, J

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Experience and Education New York: MacMillan, 1977

Neill, A.S. A New View of Childhood New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1996.

Elkind, D. Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk New York: Knopf, 1989