Meets the following requirements: WF HS ED

This course explores perennial questions in education through philosophical inquiry.  What does it mean to be educated, to know, to teach?  What are the purposes of education and who should determine them?  What is the nature of the relationship between education and the development of culture, nationhood, and humanity?  Students will analyze the educational philosophies articulated in historical and current education reform documents across cultural and national borders, develop a personal philosophy of education, and document a philosophy in action at a site of formal or informal education.

Level: Introductory.  Class limit: 15.  *ED*, *HS*,  WF