Courses :: Module, PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

	Overview
	This module introduces students to the Philosophy of Education as one of the core foundational disciplines of the field. Students will be encouraged to understand key issues from multiple perspectives and to interrogate the fundamental assumptions and presuppositions shaping educational theory and practice, exploring areas such as ethics and existence in education, values and aims in education, knowledge and curriculum, identity and relationality. The module will also open up imaginative ways of re-engaging with these questions and support students in connecting theory to practice. Students will be encouraged to understand key issues from multiple perspectives and to interrogate the fundamental assumptions and presuppositions shaping educational theory and practice, exploring areas such as ethics and existence in education, values and aims in education, knowledge and curriculum, identity and relationality. The module will also open up imaginative ways of re-engaging with these questions and support students in connecting theory to practice.

Overview

This module introduces students to the Philosophy of Education as one of the core foundational disciplines of the field. Students will be encouraged to understand key issues from multiple perspectives and to interrogate the fundamental assumptions and presuppositions shaping educational theory and practice, exploring areas such as ethics and existence in education, values and aims in education, knowledge and curriculum, identity and relationality. The module will also open up imaginative ways of re-engaging with these questions and support students in connecting theory to practice.

Students will be encouraged to understand key issues from multiple perspectives and to interrogate the fundamental assumptions and presuppositions shaping educational theory and practice, exploring areas such as ethics and existence in education, values and aims in education, knowledge and curriculum, identity and relationality. The module will also open up imaginative ways of re-engaging with these questions and support students in connecting theory to practice.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Describe, identify and analyse key educational concepts and themes. Evaluate diverse perspectives and arguments in the field of education. Effectively use a philosophical lens to enquire into a range of educational topics and issues. Identify and evaluate the presuppositions underpinning different approaches to education. Think critically about central educational problems, issues, and questions. Analyse specific ethical issues, challenges and dilemmas arising from contemporary education. Develop and critically assess arguments and positions informed by the wider field. Appraise the justifications for different approaches to education and for different methodological and curricular models; reflect upon the relationship between philosophy and other subject areas, as well as teaching practice and cultivate the ability to reflect upon beliefs, values and ideas in light of those of others and different theoretical approaches.

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	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes Resit is CA

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	Additional Reading
	Biesta, G. (2014) The Beautiful Risk of Education, London: Paradigm. Britzman, D. (2003) Practice makes Practice. New York: SUNY. Dewey, J. (1973) Experience and Education. Collier Books, New York. Michel Foucault (1975) [1978] Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Trans. Alan Sheridan New York: Vintage Books. Freire, P. (1996) Pedagogy of the Oppressed. London, Continuum. Greene, M. (1994) Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts and Social Change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Hooks, b. (1994) Teaching to Transgress. New York: Routledge. Britzman, D. (2003) Practice makes Practice. New York: SUNY. Hooks, b. (2010) Teaching Critical Thinking. London: Routledge. Masschelein, J., and Simons, M. ( 2013), In Defence of the School. A Public Issue, Leuven: E-ducation, Culture and Society Publishers. Noddings, Nel (1994), A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education. California : University of California Press. Todd, S. (2009). Toward an Imperfect Education: Facing humanity, rethinking cosmopolitanism. Boulder, CO: Paradigm.

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