UNSW Handbook Course - Philosophy, Education and Society

Philosophy, Education and Society - PHIL2421


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of Philosophy
	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.

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