Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Provides prospective teachers and others interested in education an opportunity to examine a variety of educational problems from a philosophical perspective. The central concern of the course is to elucidate the nature of education as a phenomenon distinct from such activities as training, schooling, and socialization. May be applied towards the certificate in liberal arts. Breadth-Humanities.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course explores issues and texts in the philosophy of education. Major themes in the course include, but are not limited to: the nature and purposes of education (What are the aims of formal and non-formal education?), the curriculum and pedagogy (What should be taught, why, and what is the relationship between teaching and learning?), knowledge (What is knowledge and how do we know what we know?), ethics (What values should be taught and by whom?), and politics (How have schools dealt with competing ideas of the role of education in society?). Philosophy is an active process and so students should be prepared to articulate, develop, and refine their personal philosophies of education in light of the ideas presented in lectures, readings, short videos, and discussions in class and in tutorial.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

This course hopes to cultivate students’ abilities to:

1. Use philosophical concepts to discuss educational issues from multiple perspectives
2. Examine their own and others’ educational experiences in light of concepts and theories, and vice versa
3. Develop reasoned views on educational issues

Grading

Materials

REQUIRED READING: