*MON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Intersession 1999 ?

EDUC437 -4

Dr. H. Bai

Ethical Issues in Education

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Office MPX 8666

May 3- June ll ?

Tel: ?

291-5443

Monday & Wednesday: 8:30 - 12:20 pm

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D01.00

E-mail: hbai@sfu.ca

Location: MPX 7500B

PREREQUISITE

60 credit hours

COURSE DESCRIPTION

People in Education are increasingly talking about education as a "moral project." This view

contains an implicit criticism of the traditional liberal education that has focused on abstract

intellectual competencies and "marketable skills" while largely neglecting to address the

question of how we must live so as to be deeply caring and in harmony with each other and

with our environment. This course explores philosophically challenging issues underlying

the conception of moral life and moral learning, both within and outside school.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The coursework aims at cultivating in the students:

• the ability to read texts accurately and critically

• the ability to employ philosophical vocabulary

• the ability to examine practices in the light of theories, and vice versa.

• the ability to compose carefully conceptualized and reasoned arguments

• the ability to engage in productive dialogues in a community of inquiry

REQUIREMENTS

Presentation based on a draft of the final paper

Final Paper: an essay of 10 -12 pages

Further details will be discussed on the first day of class.

REQUIRED TEXTS

Vanier, J

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1998. Becoming Human. Toronto.Anansi. ISBN: 0-88784-631-9.

Orr, D. 1996. Earth in Mind: On Education Environment and the Human Prospect.

Washington DC: Island Press. ISBN 1-55963-295-X.

Noddings, N. 1992. The Challenge to Care in Schools. New York: Teachers College Press:

ISBN: 0-8077-3177-3.