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Education
1432-4
Philosophical Issues in Teaching
INTERSESSION
198
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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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