• Semester 1 (External)

Synopsis

It  is appropriate for teachers and others involved in education to be
given  the  opportunity  to examine fundamental  questions  about  the
nature  and purpose of education.  Students of Philosophy of Education
may  be  expected  to benefit from a study of some of  the  underlying
philosophical questions of education.  Therefore, the unit includes  a
study  of  the  nature of educational aims, the  place  of  ethics  in
educational  decision making, the concept of mind and its relation  to
educational decision making, educational objectives and evaluation and
epistemological problems and the curriculum.