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EDUCATION 431-4
ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL CONCEPTS
REGULAR SEMESTER 1980
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INSTRUCTOR: Richard Barrett
Wednesday, 10:30 - 12:30 & Thursday, 1:30 - 3:30
Study of philosophical analysis and its application to matters relating
to the content, conduct and purpose of education.,
Objectives
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Acquaintance with philosophical argument
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Ability to clarify issues by conceptual analysis
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Precise understanding of key concepts, such as "teaching", "knowledge",
"indoctrination", "freedom", and "discipline".
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Critical consideration of the social and institutional aspects of
schooling.
5. Assessment of the educational worth of curriculum subjects.
TEXTS:
Clive Beck; EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY; Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
R.G. Woods and R. St. C. Barrow; AN INTRODUG1ION'TOiPHILO$OPHY:OFED'UCATiON;
London: Methnen & Co.
J.P. White; TOWARDS A COMPULSORY CURRICULUM; London & Boston: Routledge
and Kegan Paul
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P.H. Hirst & R.S. Peters; THE LOGIC OF EDUCATION, Boston & London: Routledge
and Kegan Paul
P.S. Wilson; INTEREST AND DISCIPLINE IN EDUCATION, Boston & London: Routledge
and Kegan Paul
R.S.Peters; EDUCATION AND THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS, Boston & London:
Routledge and Kegan Paul
G.F. Kneller; EXISTENTIALISM AND EDUCATION, New York: John Wiley
R. Pring; KNOWLEDGE AND SCHOOLING,-London: Open Books
C. Beck; EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY, Boston: Little, Brown and Co.