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COURSE OUTLINE
Spring Semester, 1979
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Instructor: Tasos Kazepides
Education 437-4 Ethics and Education
The aim of this course is to examine the normative character of
education, to demarcate the domain of moral education, and to
consider its nature and its various components. The course should
be valuable to teachers, prospective teachers and all serious
students of education.
Reaui rements
1.
There are no prerequisites for this course.
2. A term paper of about 15 typewritten double-spaced pages is due
one week before the last day of classes. Students may choose to write
2 or 3 shorter papers instead.
3. A short seminar presentation.
4.
Required Texts: a) Bernard Williams, Morality: An Introduction to
Ethics, New York: Harper and Row
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Publishers, 1972 (paperback) b)
xeroxed handouts.
Course Outline
1.
The normative character of education.
2. The justification of moral judgements.
3. Common escapes from moral thinking.
4. Moral education in relation to values education.
5. Religion and moral education.
6.
Socialization and moral education.
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Moral principles and moral education.
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Language and moral education.
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Moral motivation.
10.
Forms and content in moral education.
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