Philosophy, Education and Society - PHIL2421

   
   
 
Contact: Cam,Philip Arthur
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 6 level 1 units of credit in Philosophy or Level 1 Education and 36 units of credit overall.
 
 
Offered: Semester 1 2005
 
 
Fee Band: 1
 
 

Description


An introduction to the theory and practice of philosophical communities of inquiry. Explores the ways in which philosophy may be reconstructed for educational and other social purposes. Examines the relations between community and inquiry, self and society, and democracy and education. Addresses the social utility of philosophy and its educational potential. Authors whose works are discussed include Aristotle, Jerome Bruner, John Dewey, Immanuel Kant, Matthew Lipman, G.H. Mead, Jean-Paul Sartre and Lev Vygotsky.