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PHIL203 Citizenship, Values and Education

10 cp
Prerequisites
 10 cp from 100-level unit in Philosophy
Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials, seminars.

This unit studies some of the core philosophical questions in education, beginning with the nature of education and its role in the formation of human persons. It examines Liberal, Progressive and Christian traditions in educational thought and their contributions to an understanding of the purposes of education, contrasting these with economic rationalist and managerialist views. The question of the kinds of values that should be inculcated in a modern, multicultural, democratic society is examined. Further topics are selected from: the educational rights of children, parents, and the State; theories of teaching and learning; lifelong learning; curriculum theory; authority, discipline and punishment; competition; assessment and grading; indoctrination and rationality; aesthetic education; moral and religious education; public versus private values; justice and equality in schooling.

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