Philosophy of Education
EDST 207
Spring 2022
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This course will explore central questions of philosophy of education such as: What does human flourishing entail? What is knowledge, how does it differ from belief, and how do we gain it? What is learning and what conditions make learning possible? What constitutes a teacher and what role should a teacher have? What should be learned and who should decide? What are the highest and most important aims of education? What does it mean for an education to be liberatory? What kind of education is needed in a democracy? We will seek perspectives from philosophers from traditions including transcendentalism, pragmatism, existentialism and critical theory, and class participants will be invited to articulate their own philosophies of education and to reflect on their educational experiences, placing them in conversation with our course readings. This course fulfills the Category 2 requirement for the Education Studies Major and Minor. |
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Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS EDST |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (EDST-MN)(EDST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
SAMPLE READINGS
Plato, MENO
Plato, THE REPUBLIC (excerpts)
Aristotle, NICOMACHEAN ETHICS (excerpts)
Rousseau, EMILE (excerpts)
Paulo Friere, PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED (excerpts)
Dewey, EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Bell Hooks, TEACHING TO TRANSGRESS: EDUCATION AS THE PRACTICE OF FREEDOM (excerpts)
David Hansen, ETHICAL VISIONS OF EDUCATION, PHILOSOPHIES IN PRACTICE (excerpts)
Wendy Brown, "Educating Human Capital." From UNDOING THE DEMOS: NEOLIBERALISM'S STEALTH REVOLUTION
Maxine Greene, "Teaching as Project: Choice, Perspective and Public Space"
George S. Counts, DARE THE SCHOOL BUILD A NEW SOCIAL ORDER
Simone Weil, "Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies"
Hannah Arendt, "The Crisis in Education"
James Baldwin, "A Talk to Teachers"
Vine Deloria Jr., CUSTER DIED FOR YOUR SINS: AN INDIAN MANIFESTO (excerpts)
A.S. Neill, SUMMERHILL (excerpts)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Personal Narrative About Two Educational Experiences (3 page, double-spaced)
Analysis of a School Website or a Course Syllabus (3 page, double-spaced)
Statement on Philosophy of Education (5 page, double-spaced)
Analytic Paper on Course Texts (5 pages, double-spaced)
Three Reading Response Papers (Each 2 pages, double-spaced)
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Rubin,Deirdre P Times: .....F. 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: FISK414; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 35 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 21 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 6 | SO: 6 | FR: 6 |
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