Summer Session ,
June 29th - August 7th
Monday and Wednesday
Educ. 432: 5:30-9:20
Educ. 821: 4:30-9:20
Instructor:
Dr. C.M. Hamm
Office:
MPX
8654
Phone:
291-3662
Location:
MPX 9511
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EDUCATION 432-4: PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN TEACHING
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EDUCATION 821-5: PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN CLASSROOM PRACTICES
60 hours of credit. Educ. 230 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
A number of classroom practices and teacher related activities are philosophically examined.
Assumptions underlying these practices are made explicit; the meaning and structure of the
arguments clarified; and the merits of the arguments assessed. Examples of topics to be
discussed are: instruction, indoctrination, individualization, play, creativity, discipline, and
open education.
This course is constructed in response to a frequently heard demand that philosophical studies in
education be of more direct service to the practising classroom teacher. Accordingly a number
of classroom practices and teacher-related activities (as outlined below) are philosophically
examined. Assumptions underlying these practices are made explicit; the structure and meaning
of the arguments clarified; and the merits of the arguments assessed.
BRIEF COURSE OUTLINE:
A.
The teacher as educator.
B.
The teacher and the curriculum. (child-centered curriculum; integrated curriculum; the
"needs" curriculum)
C.
The teacher and classroom control. (compulsion; freedom and authority; discipline and
punishment)
D.
Concepts of teaching and teaching practices. (conditioning; indoctrination; behaviour
modification; learning by discovery; play; creativity; values clarification; individualized
instruction)
E.
The teacher and facilitation of learning. (open-education; self-education; alternative
education)
A.
Seminar presentations - 20%
B.
Mid-term exam (on required reading) - 30%
C.
Major paper -
50%
A.
Chambers, John H. The Achievement of Education. Harper & Row, 1983.
B. Selected essays.
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