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PHIL-156 CBL: Philosophy of Education
In this course, we will examine perennial, philosophical questions about the nature, purposes, content, control, and methods of education and schooling. These questions include:
• What is it to be an educated person?
• What should the social functions of education be?
• What should children learn and how should have the authority to make this decision?
• Do we have obligations to provide equal education to all children?
• How does education impact self-identify and how should we respond to this?
• How should we respond to segregation and separatism in education?
You will also be introduced to ongoing disagreements about specific policies and practices of schooling in the U.S. today Policies and practices to be examined include:
• No Child Left Behind
• Ability grouping and tracking
• Homeschooling
• Deschooling
• School funding
• Sex education
• School vouchers
You will study your own and your classmates' beliefs about education and schooling, and subject these beliefs to critical evaluation.
The course will integrate community-based learning (CBL) experiences that will immerse you in off-campus settings in which activities relevant to education take place (for instance, schools, classrooms, policy meetings, and community organizations). This component of the course will require that you devote a total of 12-14 hours during the semester participating in these activities. These hours must come from activities approved in advance by the professor. The other course assignments reflect a recognition of the time commitment required to complete the community-based learning work.
Much of the course will be conducted through discussion and small- and whole-group activities. The primary assignments for the course will consist of short written responses (in the form of blog entries) to the professor's prompts which will require that you reflect on themes from the course readings and engage in an online interactive discussion with your classmates. You will also guide small group discussions about your community-based experiences, and submit short written analyses of the experiences as well.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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