Philosophical principles and issues in education
Dr J C P Edwards
12 points
* Full-year subject
* Gippsland/Distance
Objectives Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to reason in epistemological, metaphysical and ethical modes to the purpose of applying these reasoning skills to the formation of argumentatively coherent frameworks of educational policy and practice; understand that, depending on the underlying a priori and/or normative assumptions, certain logical consequences follow in the construction and articulation of educational policies and practice; understand how to, and be able to, juxtapose means of initiating education change.
Synopsis This subject is usually taken in the second year of the Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) and consists of two modules, one dealing with the philosophical principles of education and the other with issues in education.
Assessment Exercise: 10%
* Journal or examination: 90%
Prescribed texts
Cleverley J and Philips D Visions of childhood Allen and Unwin, 1987
Lloyd D I (ed.) Philosophy of the teacher Routledge, 1984
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