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EDUCATION 431
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An Analysis of Educational Concepts
Spring Semester ?
Instructor: J.R. Covert
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Room: 638 (Bldg.6)
Phone: 291-3519
The purpose of this course is to help students of education to apply some of
the tools of philosophy to specific problems in education. In order to accomplish
this purpose, some of the more significant concepts commonly used by educators
will be analyzed, including: education, knowing, teaching, indoctrination and
equality. Through an understanding of the language of education some of the more
significant problems in education will be analyzed in an effort to learn how one
goes about generating the best solution to such problems.
The course will be conducted mainly as a seminar centering on specific assigned
readings each week. A lecture format will be used to introduce the topics but
participation by seminar members will be encouraged. The course will be organized
around the following broad topics.
The Language of Education
The Concept of Education
Knowing and Understanding
Teaching and Learning
Aims of Education and the Curriculum
Some Normative Issues of Education
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Woods and Barrow: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education (1975)
RECOMMENDED TEXTS:
Park (ed.), Selected Readings in the Philosophy of Education (1974)
Soltis, An Introduction to the Analysis of Educational Concepts, 2nd edition (1978)
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1.
One exam will be written in a take-home format.
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A term paper of about 15 typewritten double-spaced pages, or two shorter
papers will be required.
3.
A brief seminar presentation as well as seminar participation will be
expected.