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Education

1432-4

Philosophical Issues in Teaching

INTERSESSION

198

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4

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INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Tasos Kazepides

Tuesdays, Thursdays,

5:30 - 9:20 ?

LOCATION:

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On Campus

This course examines the various dimensions of teaching, some of the main

approaches or methods of teaching, and several important issues that are

encountered by every classroom teacher.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

a) A short oral presentation in class.

b)

A follow-up final paper of about

15

typewritten double-spaced pages on

a topic approved by the instructor. The paper is due one week before

the last day of classes. Students may choose to write 2 or

3

shorter

papers.

COURSE OUTLINE:

1. The nature and value of philosophizing about teaching.

II. The concept of teaching.

I I I. The concept of learning.

IV. The objectives of teaching

a)

Developing Capacities

b) Imparting Information

c)

Cultivating Habits

d)

Cultivating Imagination

e)

Developing Critical Thinking

f) Developing Understanding

V. Educative and Miseducative Teaching

a) Educating

b) Socializing

c)

Indoctrinating

d)

Conditioning

VI. Approaches to Teaching

a)

Teaching as Facilitating Learning

b) The Values Clarification Approach

c)

Self-Education

d)

Creativity and Teaching

VII. The Social Dimensions of Teaching

a)

Personal Relations in Teaching

b) Freedom and Authority in the Classroom

c)

Discipline and Punishment in the Classroom

d) Rights ?

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