PHIL 210 - Philosophy of Education

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University of Massachusetts-Boston

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Description:

3 Credits This course will begin by examining the views on education, explicit and implicit of central figures in the Western philosophical tradition, such as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Spinoza, Rousseau, Hegel, Marx and Dewey. In the second half of the course we will read contemporary advocates of a standardized curriculum that has a system of exams to measure its implementation and contemporary advocates of a more diverse approach to curriculum creation.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umb.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 287-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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