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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Education : Philosophy

482-307 Philosophy C23: Philosophy in the Classroom

Note:

Credit will not be granted for both this subject and 482-216 Philosophy B23.

Credit Points:

16.7

Coordinator:

Sue Wilks

Prerequisite/s:

Credit points in Philosophy subjects, or approved equivalent.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

A 3-hour seminar each week, except during block periods of School Experience

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

  • facilitate the gaining of reasoning skills via conducting classroom work centred around philosophical issues;

  • understand and implement strategies for teaching and learning reasoning skills; and

  • model a 'community of enquiry' approach in the development of responsible thinking and reasoning.

Content:

Through the development of an enquiry approach with its cooperative dialogue, a range of effective thinking and reasoning strategies can be developed. Theories and strategies behind the systematic development of desired skills in a variety of classroom contexts.

Assessment:

Participation in class sessions; satisfactory presentation of workshop activities of approximately one hour (20%); a unit of work of approximately 2000 words which could be used to facilitate the acquisition of thinking and reasoning skills in classrooms (40%); an essay of approximately 2000 words (40%).

Prescribed Texts:

  • Sharp AM and Reed RF, Studies in Philosophy for Children, Temple University Press Philadelphia 1992.
  • Wilks SE, Creative and Critical Thinking: Strategies for Classroom Enquiry, Eleanor Curtin Publishing Melbourne 1995.
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