SIN FRASER UNIVERSITY

Spring Semester 1999

Dr. J.Dawson

Studies in the History of Education in the

Office: MPX 8639

Western World

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Tel: 291-3476

EDUC 250 -3

E-mail: jdawson@sfu.ca

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

• Education in Early Modern Times

• The Discovery of Childhood

the Reformation on Education

• 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

Cahill, T. (1996). How the Irish Saved Civilization. New York: Doubleday.

Eco, U. (1994). The Name of the Rose. New York: Harcourt Brace.

Tremain, R. (1990). Restoration. London: Hodder and Stoughton.

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

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