Philosophy 229 - Philosophy of Education

Ideas about the aims, guiding concepts, and practice of education are broad and constantly evolve due to human experiences in educational contexts. This introduction to the philosophy of education addresses questions including: What are the overall goals of education? What are the social, cultural, moral, and political influences on education? Can the process of education be liberatory? The course explores these questions with special attention to ethical, epistemological, existential, and decolonial philosophical perspectives. It also examines these perspectives in connection to various historical and current issues within education, such as equal opportunity, school reform, character education, pedagogy, and curriculum. (E)