SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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    EDUCATION 437-4
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    ETHICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION
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    (E1.00)
    Regular Summer Semester, 1992
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    Instructor: Dr. Tasos Kazepides
    (May 4—July 31)
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    Office:
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    MPX 8662
    Thursdays, 5:30 - 9:20 p.m.
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    Phone: ?
    291-4517 (office)
    Location: MPX 8651
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    291-0315 (home)
    PREREQUISITE:
    60 hours of credit.
    The aim of this course is to demarcate the domain of moral education and to examine
    its nature and its various components. The course should be valuable to teachers,
    prospective teachers, educational administrators and all serious students of education.
    COURSE REQUIREMENTS
    a)
    A short seminar presentation.
    b)
    A follow-up final paper of about 10-15 typewritten double spaced pages on a topic
    approved by the instructor. Students are encouraged to submit the first draft of their
    paper to the instructor for comments and then rewrite it for marking.
    COURSE OUTLINE
    1.
    The normative character of Education
    Peters, "The Justification of Education"
    2. Moral education in relation to Values of Education
    (a)
    Hamm, "Moral Education as the Achievement of Virtue"
    (b)
    Kazepides, "Moral Education: A Wittgenstenian Perspective"
    3. Religion and Moral Education
    (a)
    Hamm & Elliott, "Moral Education Without Religion" - A debate
    (b)
    Kazepides, "Religious Indoctrination and Freedom"
    4. The Logic of Values
    Clarification
    (Kazepides)
    5. Amoralism, Subjectivism and Relativism
    From B. Williams, Morality
    6. Moral Principles and moral education (R.S. Peters)
    7. Moral procedures and moral components
    Dunlop & Wilson - A debate
    8. Form and content in moral education (R.S. Peters)
    9. The notion of development and moral education (Bailey)
    10. Language and Moral Education
    Hare & Warnock - A debate
    REQUIRED TEXTS
    Handouts will be distributed in class.
    N. B.: This course is also offered by Graduate Programs, Educ. 833-5: Seminar in Social
    and Moral Philosophy and Education.

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