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    Education
    433-4
    Philosophical Issues in Curriculum
    SPRING,
    1984 ?
    INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Tasos Kazepides
    Tuesdays,
    4:30 - 3:30
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    LOCATION: on campus
    This course deals with the most fundamental questions that lie behind any attempt to
    plan, evaluate or change an educational curriculum. The course should be valuable
    to educators and prospective teachers as well as to all those persons who have a
    serious interest in the study of education.
    COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
    a)
    A short oral presentation in class or written position paper.
    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 instead.
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    IMF.
    1.
    The role of Philosophy in curriculum planning.
    2.
    Needs, Wants, Interests and the Curriculum.
    3.
    The nature and structure of curriculum objectives:
    a)
    the hidden curriculum,
    b)
    behavioural objectives, and
    c)
    the process model.
    k. Education as the development of Mind.
    5.
    The nature of Mind.
    6.
    Educational and Miseducational Activities.
    7.
    The forms of knowledge.
    8.
    Knowledge and Understanding.
    9.
    The Sociology of Knowledge."
    10.
    The range of cognitive and educational terms.
    11. Interdisciplinary and Integrated Curricula.
    12.
    Freedom and Control in educational institutions
    REQUIRED TEXTS:
    1.
    Hirst, Paul H. Knowledge and the Curriculum. London: Routledge and Kegan
    Paul, 1974.
    2.
    Chambers, John H. The Achievement of Education. New York: Harper & Row
    Publishers,
    1933.

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