EDST 200 Rud

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EDST 200 Rud INTRODUCTION AND LOGISTICS
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• I . Welcome
• II. Index Cards
• III. Syllabus 
• Important to attend and get information from this
  class
• Recitation assignments and the e-portfolio
• Q A

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• IV. Why history and philosophy of education?
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• More than just a course, a way of thinking and
  a way of looking at the world
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• History So we can learn from the past and
  understand who we are and how we got where we are
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• That gives us POWER To be able to make wise
  decisions about our lives and those of others
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• Philosophy philo/sophia
• Love of wisdom..not love of knowledge or theory
• The Greeks, especially Socrates The unexamined
  life is not worth living.
• Not something just academic but useful in life
  and in teaching!
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• We will be looking to see how different outlooks
  affect ones teaching
• and learning.
•  You already have a philosophy but it may be
  inconsistent with some other
• things in your life. You may or may not have
  examined what you are doing.
• Journaling is a good means to reflect and
  examine how many keep a journal or diary?
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• Dialogue and exploration of ideas views with
  others is very good too.

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• Areas of Philosophy
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• Metaphysics questions the nature of reality
  give example
• what does real mean? Is a chair real? How
  about reality TV?
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• Epistemology big word meaning what? What is
  knowledge?
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• Axiology deals with values and norms
• -- Aesthetics beauty and art
• -- Ethics morality and human conduct

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• Methods of Philosophy
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• Thought
• Dialogue
• Argument
• Logic
• Imagination
• Critical Thinking

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• Schools of Philosophy
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• Each school is comprised of a group of
  philosophers
• They differ in their ideas about reality,
  knowledge, and other areas
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• Idealism
• Realism
• Pragmatism
• Existentialism
• Post Modernism
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• Next Lecture Schools of Philosophy