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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
SPRING SEMESTER 2006 COURSE OUTLINE
EDUC 433-4 (EDUCATION)
PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN CURRICULUM
C100
Examines fundamental philosophical issues involved in designing, evaluating, or changing educational
curriculum. Such issues as the nature and justification of educational curriculum, the components of a
rational curriculum, the nature of knowledge and its differentiation, curriculum integration and the
education of the emotions. Also deals with such current issues as the place of behavioral objectives in
education, the hidden curriculum and the sociology of knowledge.
Unit topics include: Language Matters, Schooling, Teaching and Learning, Learning How to Learn,
Educating the Emotions, Creativity, Moral Education, Nature of Knowledge, Critical Thinking, Value of
Empirical Classroom Research, Developmental Theory, Giftedness and Erroneous Educational
Assumptions.
PREREQUISITE:
60 credit hours including 6 hours in EDUC courses or Educ 401/402
TEXT(S):
Barrow, R.
Understanding Skills
The Althouse Press (2004)
REQUIREMENTS:
Essay (mandatory but not graded)
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257o
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30%
Written assignment
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257o
Final examination ?
207o
REQUIREMENTS NOTE:
Please see exam schedule in Registration Timetable.
Students requiring accommodations as a result of a disability, must contact
the Centre for Students with Disabilities (604-291-3112 or csdo@sfu.ca
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DELIVERY MODE:
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Course materials and service fee
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$40.00
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$25.00
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