CENTRE FOR ONLINE AND DIS•CE EDUCATION
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Fall SEMESTER 2007 COURSE OUTLINE
EDUC 433-4 (EDUCATION)
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PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN CURRICULUM
C100
Examines fundamentalphilosophical 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(S):
60 credit hours including 6 hours in EDUC courses or Educ 401/402.
TEXT(S):
Barrow, R. ?
Understanding Skills: Thinking, Feeling and Caring ?
The Aithouse Press (2004).
REQUIREMENTS:
Essay (mandatory but not graded)
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Written assignment
257o
Essay
30%
Written assignment
257o
Final examination
207o
Refer to exam schedule on the CODE web site <http://www.sfu.ca/cde
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NOTE:
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: Print
MODE OF
DELIVERY NOTE:
n/a
SUPPLEMENTARY FEES:
Course materials and service fee
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$40.00
Deposit for additional materials ?
$35.00
Note: Every distance course includes a CODE package containing assignment deadlines and other information. Please
pick it up at the Centre or ask that it be mailed when registering on goSFU.
1300 West Mall Centre
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Last updated: 6/7/2007 ?
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