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UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINESCollege of Education

EDFD 201: Psycho-Philosophical FoundationsSecond Semester 2013-14

I. Course Title : PS !"#-P"I$#S#P"I!%$ F#&'D%(I#'S #F ED&!%(I#'Course Code : EDFD 201No of Units : (hree )3*Prere!uisite : 'one

II. Course "escri#tion:(he Psycho-Philosophical Foundations o+ Education course re,ie s and discusses the ma orphilosophical and psycholo/ical traditions that in+luenced the +ield o+ education. (he thou/hts o+in+luential philosophers and psycholo/ists are presented in order to +ind out the underlyin/ principles ineducational practices and policies.

III. Course O$%ecti&es:&pon the completion o+ this course the student should e a le to:

%. Descri e the philosophical and psycholo/ical roots and historical e,ents that shaped the +ield o+education

. De,elop insi/ht into educational implications o+ philosophical and psycholo/ical concepts andprinciples

!. !ritically discuss and present ideas issues and practices rele,ant to educationD. E amine educational /oals teachin/ methods and curricula +rom a ,ariety o+ philosophical and

psycholo/ical perspecti,esE. %pply some o+ the central concepts tools o+ in5uiry and structures o+ philosophy and psycholo/y to

understand contemporary issues and paradi/ms in educationF. !riti5ue ori/inal hi/h 5uality research and scholarly or6 on education and schoolin/.7. %naly8e and clari+y ideas his9her o n ideas a out education". Formulate his9her internally consistent comprehensi,e and articulate personal educational

philosophy hich ill ser,e as a asis +or his9 her teachin/ )citin/ the sources +or their ideas*

IV Course Content %. Introduction )Introduce yoursel+ ,ia 3 o+ the most educational e periences o+ your li+e pre+era ly

one each +rom your up rin/in/ schoolin/ and li+e as an indi,idual* )'o, 1 * ;hat is Philosophy< ;hat is Psycholo/y< Philosophy=s rele,ance to education Psycholo/y=s rele,ance to education Disco,erin/ your o n philosophy o+ education

. Eastern Philosophy and Education: "induism uddhism (aoism !on+ucianism )'o, 23*!. Idealism and Education )Dec >*

Socrates: Education y Sel+-E amination Plato: E ternal (ruths and ?alues

D. @ealism and Education %ristotle: !ulti,ation o+ @ationality Aohn $oc6e: Epistemolo/y

@ESE%@!" P%PE@ D&E #' DE! 14E. Bedie,al Education: (homas %5uinas and %urelius %u/ustinus )Scholastic Education* )Dec 14*F. (he @enaissance !lassical "umanism: Desiderius Erasmus C

@EF$E!(I#' P%PE@ '#. 1 D&E #' A%' 11 )Focus on %im o+ Education*7. Bodern Philosophy o+ Education

'aturalism: Aean Aac5ues @ousseau y %l+onso and %ndres )Aan 11* Pra/matism and Education: Aohn De ey )$earnin/ throu/h E perience* y achini and arrero E istentialism and Education: Soren ier6e/aard and Aean Paul Sartre y autista and

ermudo )Aan 1 * !ritical (heory: Paulo Freire y o6in/6ito and !adi8

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Perennialism: @o ert B. "utchins and Bortimer %dler Pro/ressi,ism: ;illiam ". ilpatric6 y !amposano and !ancer )Aan 2 * Essentialism: ;illiam !handler a/ley Social @econstructionism: 7eor/e S. !ounts y !arolino and !asa ar

". Pioneers in (heories o+ Education Aohn %mos !omenius: (he Search +or a 'e Bethod

@EF$E!(I#' P%PE@ '#. 2 D&E #' FE 1 )Focus on !urriculum* Aohann Friedrich "er art )+ather o+ scienti+ic peda/o/y*: Systemati8in/ (eachin/ Aohann Pestalo88i: Educator o+ the Senses and Emotion y De dios and Del mundo

)Fe 1* Friedrich Froe el: (he inder/arten Bo,ement y Espera and Facto "er ert Spencer: Social Dar inist and &tilitarian Educator y Fernande8 and Flores

)Fe * Baria Bontessori: (he Prepared En,ironment y $oma/don/ and $ope8 @udol+ Steiner and ;aldor+ Education y 7uilles and Auma an Fe 1 Democratic Education9 In5uiry Bethod: 'eil Postman &nschoolin/: Aohn "olt y Baa/hop and Ba/sanoc

I. (he irth o+ Scienti+ic Psycholo/y and its earin/ on Education eha,iorism )$earnin/ and Boti,ation (heories* Fe 22

a. .F. S6inner . ;ol+/an/ ohler: Pro lem Sol,in/ y Insi/ht )Insi/ht $earnin/* y Bali at and

'eisc. Ed ard (olman: Si/n $earnin/d. Aohn ;atson

!o/niti,e Psycholo/y )$earnin/ and Boti,ation (heories*a. Aean Pia/et and De,elopmental 7ro th

. In+ormation Processin/ (heory 9 rain- ased $earnin/ y 'elmida and #n/@EF$E!(I#' P%PE@ '#. 3 D&E #' B%@ )Focus on @ole o+ the (eacher*

c. !onstructi,ism )Bar *i. Aerome runer: Disco,ery $earnin/ y Penarroyo and @aralioii. $e, ?y/ots6y and Social !onstructionism y an/a and &ntin/iii. %l ert andura and # ser,ational $earnin/

"umanistic Psycholo/y )$earnin/ and Boti,ation (heories*a. % raham Baslo

. !arl @o/ers: 'ondirecti,e (eachin/S& BISSI#' #F P"I$#S#P" #F ED&!%(I#' )Bar 1 *

?. Course Re!uire'ents( )rading S*ste'+

@e/ular and punctual attendanceCC 10G )less . per a sence less .2 per tardiness*!lass participation 10GE pert presentationCCC 1 G )see oral presentation ru ric*@e+lection Papers 30G )less . per ee6 +or late su mission*@esearch Paper 20GPhilosophy o+ EducationCCCC 1 GC % /rade o+ HInc. is only /i,en to student ho has a Hpassin/ class standin/ ut +ails to ta6e the +inale amination or complete the re5uirement due to illness or ,alid reason. #ther ise the student /ets a /rade o+J .CC 2 tardiness is e5ual to 1 a sence comin/ in late +or more than 2 minutes is considered a sence. ;hen thenum er o+ a sences e ceeds 3 meetin/s then the student ill e ad,ised to drop the course.CCC In the e pert presentation you are e pected to lead the discussion o+ a topic o+ your choice. Start or6in/ onthis pro ect as soon as the topic is assi/ned to you. (he +ollo in/ should e presented:

%. social milieu hat rou/ht a out the philosophy or perspecti,e. rie+ io/raphy o+ the 6ey person

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!. 6ey themes o+ the philosophy )philosophy=s accounts o+ the nature o+ reality ho humans ac5uire6no led/e hat human nature is hat is o+ ,alue ho society should e or/ani8ed ma or /oals o+education educational methods that should e used*

D. contri utions9 in+luences to and implications +or education )school mission curriculum physical set-up o+the class space e,aluation o+ students 5ualities o+ teachers social structure o+ the classroom*

(ime: 1. hours o,erall )1 hour +or presentation 30 mins. +or 5uestions and discussion*ou may use any audio9 ,isual material that you thin6 ill e use+ul and e++ecti,e.

(he ritten report should +ollo the %P% +ormat and is due on DE! 14 2013

CCCC #ne ma or paper is on your o n philosophy o+ education hich is due on ,-RCH ./0 12.3 . It shouldinclude:1* hat you thin6 should e the aim o+ education hat do you see is the /rander purpose o+ education in asociety and community< )F#!&S #F @EF$E!(I#' P%PE@ '#. 1*2* the content o+ the curriculum ho decides hat should e tau/ht hich su ects in the curriculum shouldha,e the priority the methods o+ instruction )F#!&S #F @EF$E!(I#' P%PE@ '#. 2*3* the role o+ the teacher hat special 5ualities should teachers ha,e to em ody9 hat are 5ualities ane++ecti,e teacher should ha,e the nature o+ the student and hat is their role ho do students learn est hatshould e the teacherKs /oals +or the students ho students should e e,aluated )@EF P%PE@ '#. 3*

VI References: otor !.#. )200 *. Philosophy o+ Education. 'ational oo6store. De;itt @. )2004*. ;orld,ie s: %n introduction to the history and philosophy o+ science. Balden B%:

lac6 ell Pu lishin/. 7ute6 7.$. )200L*. 'e Perspecti,es on Philosophy and Education. Pearson. #8mon ". )200 *. Philosophical Foundations o+ Education > th edition. Sado,ni6 %.@. )200 *. E plorin/ Education: %n Introduction to the Foundations o+ Education. Pearson9 %llyn

and acon. (ui eo %.7. )200 *. Philosophy o+ education : ne perspecti,e. 7rand ater Pu lications. ?e/a ?.%. )200 *. "istorical Philosophical and $e/al Foundations o+ Education. 7rand aters Pu lications. ;inch !. )200 *. Philosophy o+ Education: the ey !oncepts. @outled/e. Mulueta F.B. )2004*. Foundations o+ Education. 'ational oo6 Store.

-cade'ic "is4onest* "efinitions %cti,ities that ha,e the e++ect or intention o+ inter+erin/ ith education pursuit o+ 6no led/e or +air e,aluation

o+ a student=s per+ormance are prohi ited. E amples o+ such acti,ities include ut are not limited to the+ollo in/ de+initions:

%. !heatin/: usin/ or attemptin/ to use unauthori8ed assistance material or study aids in e aminations orother academic or6 or pre,entin/ or attemptin/ to pre,ent another +rom usin/ authori8ed assistancematerial or study aids. E ample: usin/ a cheat sheet in a 5ui8 or e am alterin/ a /raded e am andresu mittin/ it +or a etter /rade etc.

. Pla/iarism: usin/ the ideas data or lan/ua/e o+ another ithout speci+ic or proper ac6no led/ment.E ample: copyin/ another person=s paper article or computer or6 and su mittin/ it +or an assi/nmentclonin/ someone else=s ideas ithout attri ution +ailin/ to use 5uotation mar6s here appropriate etc.

!. Fa rication: su mittin/ contri,ed or altered in+ormation in any academic e ercise. E ample: ma6in/ updata +or an e periment +ud/in/ data citin/ none istent articles contri,in/ sources etc.

D. Bultiple su mission: su mittin/ ithout prior permission any or6 su mitted to +ul+ill another academicre5uirement.

E. Bisrepresentation o+ academic records: misrepresentin/ or tamperin/ ith or attemptin/ to tamper ithany portion o+ a student=s transcripts or academic record either e+ore or a+ter comin/ to the &ni,ersity o+Pennsyl,ania. E ample: +or/in/ a chan/e o+ /rade slip tamperin/ ith computer records +alsi+yin/ academicin+ormation on one=s resume etc.

F. Facilitatin/ academic dishonesty: 6no in/ly helpin/ or attemptin/ to help another ,iolate any pro,ision o+the !ode. E ample: or6in/ to/ether on a ta6e-home e am etc.

7. &n+air ad,anta/e: attemptin/ to /ain unauthori8ed ad,anta/e o,er +ello students in an academice ercise. E ample: /ainin/ or pro,idin/ unauthori8ed access to e amination materials o structin/ orinter+erin/ ith another student=s e++orts in an academic e ercise lyin/ a out a need +or an e tension +or ane am or paper continuin/ to rite e,en hen time is up durin/ an e am destroyin/ or 6eepin/ li rarymaterials +or one=s o n use. etc.

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C I+ a student is unsure hether his action)s* constitute a ,iolation o+ the !ode o+ %cademic Inte/rity then it isthat student=s responsi ility to consult ith the instructor to clari+y any am i/uities. )Source: #++ice o+ thePro,ost 1LL * - http:99 .,pul.upenn.edu9osl9acadint.html

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