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Philosophy of Education

Course code

KAD8033.HR

old course code

KAD8033

Course title in Estonian

Haridusfilosoofia

Course title in English

Philosophy of Education

ECTS credits

4.0

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lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To create opportunities for the understanding and systematic treatment of the philosophical grounds of educational problems.
To acquire a systematic overview of the main educational-philosophical schools of the European and American cultural sphere, their development and influence on contemporary education.
To develop the ability for critical reflection on the current contemporary educational problems and their solutions against the background of internationally recognized concepts of the philosophy of education.

Brief description of the course

The subject of philosophy of education and the practical fields of application. The place and specificity of philosophy of education among the other foundational disciplines of pedagogy.
The main terms in philosophy of education.
Plato. Liberalism. Meritocracy. Elite and egalitarian education. Aristotle. Rationalism. Descartes. Empiricism. Locke, Hume.
Positivism and its influence on contemporary pedagogical research tradition.
Comte. Vienna Circle. Pragmatism. Dewey. Analytical philosophy. Hirst, Peters.
Critical rationalism. Popper. Phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics. Husserl. Heidegger. Dilthey.
Critical theory. Habermas. Postmodernism. Foucault. Lyotard. Rorty.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- Is able to understand and critically analyze contemporary pedagogical issues against the background of internationally recognized concepts of philosophy of education;
- Is able to read and understand the top level literature of psychology of education belonging to the contemporary European and American cultural sphere, also in a foreign language;
- Is able to set up and present in writing, contemporary pedagogical issues in internationally acknowledged terms and categories;
- Is able to understand, describe, and justify both orally and in writing, his/her own professional activity, including the research paper, in internationally recognized terms and categories of philosophy of education.

Teacher

Rain Mikser

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