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COL 109
Educational Thought from Plato to Dennison
COL 109 FA
Crosslistings: HUM 119
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
|---|
| 1 | 19 | 0 | Times: M.W.... 2:40PM-4:00PM; | No | No |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:30 EDT 1999
)
This course examines two contesting paradigms, or models, of
education in the Western tradition from classical antiquity
to the near present. What has education meant in
different cultural domains? How are we to understand the
relationship between teaching and learning? To what end or
purpose? Who should be taught and how? And how has the
notion of essential knowledge evolved over time? Although
these questions are posed in historical context, our
ultimate objective is to clarify fundamental issues involved
in current proposals for educational reform.
MAJOR READINGS
Plato, THE REPUBLIC
Rousseau, EMILE
Kant, EDUCATION
Horace Mann, selections from his "reports"
John Dewey, THE CHILD AND THE CURRICULUM
E.D. Hirsch, CULTURAL LITERACY
Bowles and Gintis, SCHOOLING IN CAPITALIST AMERICA
George Dennison, THE LIVES OF CHILDREN
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
papers
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA COL
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Bernstein, H
- Times: M.W.... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 0, Fr: 1
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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