PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

Catalog description

Study of philosophic theory and its relation to pedagogical practice. Presentation of major problems that have been caused by conflicting educational philosophies in terms of their historical development and their present day impact. The course emphasizes and clarifies the role of the teacher in regard to educational goals, curriculum programs, and 312 Undergraduate Catalogue 2026-2027 evaluation. Basic philosophical problems such as the meaning of truth and knowledge; the relation between knowledge and action; the nature of beauty, truth, happiness; and their educational implications are analyzed. The course also endeavors to promote an understanding of the way in which the development of the scientific method, the progress of democracy, changes in social and economic institutions, and the advance of human knowledge demand changes in philosophical attitudes as well as in all educational practice.