EDF 211 OUTLINE

MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS

EDF 211: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

COURSE OUTLINE

COURSE OBJECTIVES

i)         Enable students to understand the nature and purpose of philosophy as an intellectual discipline.

ii)       Introduce students to philosophy of education as an educational discipline.

iii)      Enable students to understand the implications of philosophy to education.

GENERAL OUTLINE

Philosophy of Education is both philosophical and educational in character. That it is to say, while the method used in the course is that of philosophy, the problem/issues discussed are within the field of Education….

DETAILED OUTLINE

Part One: Introduction

1.1. An introduction to philosophy

1.2. The content and methods of philosophy

1.3. Educational thought in Africa

1.4. An introduction to philosophy of Education

1.5. The concept of Education

1.6. The concept of teaching and learning.

Part Two: Education and Knowledge; the Cognitive Dimension of Education

2.1. What is knowing?( condition of knowledge)

2.2.How do human beings acquire knowledge?

2.3.Various forms of knowledge

2.4.Relevance of Epistemology to Education

2.5. Human knowledge and curriculum

Part Thee: Education and Values: The Normative Dimension of Education

3.1.General introduction to Axiology (theory of values)

3.2. Approaches to the study of Ethics

3.3. Ethics and Education

3.4.The teaching of social education and Ethics

3.5. The Goals and objectives of Education in Kenya

Part Four: Education as individual human development: Creative dimension of Education

4.1. The uniqueness of man. Education as a human phenomenon

4.2.Education and human consciousness

4.3. Creativity and Education

Part Five: Education as Social phenomenon: the dialogical dimension of education

5.1. Education  and dialogue

Part Six: contemporary themes in philosophy of education

6.1.Education and democracy

6.2.Education and human rights

6.3.Study of the Education in the 21^st century and beyond. A future perspective

COURSE EVALUATION

The evaluation of the course will be composed of two main parts

1. Continuous assessment Test (CAT)= 30%   ii. Final examination = 70%

READING LIST

1)       Akinpelu J.A (1981) An introduction to philosophy of Education. London and basing stoke.O.U. P.

2)       Bennaars,et al (eds) (1994) Theory and practice of Education. Nairobi. East Africa education publ.

3)       Bennaars, G.A (1994) Ethics, Education and Development. Nairobi: EAEP.

4)       Bennaars, G.A  ( 1998) School in need of education Nairobi: Lecturn  Publishers.       

5)       Njoroge, R.J. Bennaars (1986) Philosophy of education in Africa. Nairobi Trans Africa

6)       Peters R.E (ed). (1973) Philosophy of Education. Oxford university press

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