Assignment:
Write a 5 to 8 page paper (APA format, excluding title page and references in that count) introducing an essential question or organizing focus for curriculum design you will focus on this term in class. Think of this as a rationale paper introducing why, what, when, where, and for who you would like to have engaged in the curriculum you will design over the course of the semester. This assignment should be in the form of a narrative explaining what you would like taught and learned and how that is aligned to a need and addresses a need for students who will be engaged in learning through your curriculum design.
Section 1: Introduction (1 to 2 paragraphs) Paragraph 1 to 2 : Introduce a general topic of interest and You would like to teach or design curriculum. Share context for the curriculum and lead up to the vision you have for this curriculum. What role will it play in the overall knowledge and skills students will learn.
Personally, I will go with teaching philosophy of education in university in Saudi Arabia
Section 2: Overview (1 to 2 pages) This section should include a more elaborate explanation of the content you are focusing on developing curriculum for and the need for such for your learners.
Section 3: Content Close-Up (2 to 3 pages) This section should describe the content more closely elaborating on potential teaching strategies, learning activities, and assessments that are of unique interest to your content.
Section 4: Conclusion - Connection to Teaching & Curriculum (1 to 2 pages) This section should simply connect reading and the illuminated issue to your classroom or teaching/coaching experiences and/or content area.
Section 5: References Include all cited sources in APA bibliography.
Note that there is another assignment related to this one, so please follow the exact instructions in this file.
Textbook Required:
Ozmon, Howard, Philosophical Foundations of Education, 9th Edition
Course Description:
This course provides a study of the educational implications of Idealism, Realism, NeoThomism, Experimentalism and Existentialism. Significant factors will include the
curricula emphasis, preferred method, ethics, and aesthetics stressed by each philosophy. Attention is placed on the learner's ability to identify and describe his or her own philosophy of education.
GENERAL GOAL
This course is designed to emphasize how philosophical ideas about education developed over a considerable period. This course also will address how historical influences, settings, and ideas have influenced and continue to have relevance for education and life today. Emphasis will be placed on helping students develop ideas about education and provide tools to use in thinking about issues in education.
Study of philosophical theories will assist in understanding the source of many popular opinions and perceptions regarding education:
the anxiety that education is adrift the concern that educational aims are vague, conflicting, and not conducive to loyalty beliefs that standards have been seriously replaced uncertainty about the role of education in a democratic society concern that schools give students too much freedom and do not foster respect for authority and control fears that schools have become too secular and neglect religion uncertainty regarding the relationship between theory and practice
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Study:
Idealism and education
Realism and education
Eastern philosophy, religion, and education
Pragmatism and education
Reconstructionism and education
Behaviorism and education
Existentialism, phenomenology and education
Analytic philosophy and education
Marxism and education
Postmodernism and education
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Define and discuss representative proponents and thoughts related to Idealism, Realism, Eastern, Pragmatism, Reconstructionism, Behaviorism, Existentialism, Analytic Philosophy, Marxism, and Postmodernism.
2. Discuss the relationship between theory, philosophy and educational practice
3. Describe the historical context of the various philosophies.
4. Compare and contrast the philosophical perspectives of the various philosophers.
5. Discuss each of the philosophies as they relate to the aims of education, teaching methodologies, curricular strategies, and how architectural design is supported by the various philosophies studied.
6. Discuss the strengths and limitations of the various philosophies studied.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1. Philosophy Assignment Survey: Survey of My Colleague's Philosophy
2. Identify your Educational Philosophy Realism, Idealism, Pragmatism?
3. Identify your Educational Philosophy Behaviorism, Marxism, Postmodernism
4. Submit Philosophy in the Schools Connection Assignment
5. Weekly Discussion Prompts
6. Read and participate in class discussions of the text, Philosophical Foundations of Education, Howard Ozmon and Samuel Craver.
7. Students will complete and submit a weekly Philosophy Template
8. Complete a mid-term exam and a final exam.
9. Participate in required online Class Live Pro sessions. The dates will be on the course calendar. The first session will be at the beginning of the course; the second session will be just before the mid term exam with an optional session just before the final exam.
10. Students are to complete and submit the Student Information Form during the 1st week of class and visit the eCollege site and become familiar with the site.