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Education 435-4/807-5?

EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND THEORY CRITICISM

REGULAR SEMESTER 1982

Ed.435- Tluirsd,ay, 4:30 - 8:20

Ed. 807 - Thursday, 4:30 - 9:20

INSTRUCTOR: S. C. de Castell

Telephone: 291-3627

Office: CAE 6, Room 623

This is primarily a "reading and discussion" course. The intention

is to expose students to works which have been of major significance

in educational thought. Class discussion will give each student

maximum opportunity to develop a critical and informed understanding

of a range of educational models. Each model will be considered

in terms of its implicit social and political theory, its view of

human learning, and its conceptions of human nature and educational

knowledge.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Students will be expected to read widely and to

attend classes consistently. Each student will

be asked to prepare two short discussion papers

on works of their own choice (wherever possible),

and to submit a final essay of 8 - 10 pages in

length. There will be no final exam for this

course.

COURSE READINGS: Works to be examined are:

Plato: The Republic

Rousseau: Emile

Dewey: Democracy and Education

Skinner: Beyond Freedom and Dignity

Neill: Summerhill

Illich: De-Schooling Society

Freire: Education for Critical Consciousness

All required readings will be on reserve in multiple copies in the

library. A supplementary reading list will be provided. Each session

will involve a lecture by the instructor, a student discussion paper

on the week's topic, and a seminar discussion of the text read. Some

text-substitution will be possible if desired. Students taking the

course for graduate credit will cover the same material, but in greater

depth. The same applies to essays, for which a higher standard of

analysis and criticism is expected. Tutorials will be arranged for

this purpose.