In this course, students will learn to encounter, deconstruct, analyze, and put into relation a range of ancient, modern, and contemporary educational philosophies. Students will learn how educational practice has been guided by philosophical ideas and experiment with their own educational philosophies. The course is guided by questions such as: What is a good education? How do an individual's own efforts to make sense of the world, and to guide her life, relate to schools and academic work? What should the aims of education be? How should education embody intersectional experiences and cultures? The focus will be on perspectives and processes of learning and teaching. We will use the works of earlier writers (for example, Confucius, Plato, Dewey, Neill, Buber, Freire, Baldwin, and Noddings) and a wide range of diverse contemporary writers as starting points in our investigation as students build unique creative projects that express their learning in different media/forms, and explicitly practice the use of social justice, equity, and culturally sustaining pedagogy lenses.

Units: 1

Max Enrollment: 20

Prerequisites: One previous course in the education department. Not open to students who have taken WRIT 114 Education in Philosophical Perspective.

Instructor: Rubin

Distribution Requirements: SBA - Social and Behavioral Analysis

Typical Periods Offered: Spring

Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Spring

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