PHL333: Philosophy of Education

Module 1: Idea of Philosophy

• Unit 1: General Conception of Philosophy
• Unit 2: Methods of Philosophy
• Unit 3: Modes and Value of Philosophy
• Unit 4: Philosophy and its Branches

Module 2: Nature of Philosophy and Education

• Unit 1: Concept of Education
• Unit 2: Aim and Objectives of Education
• Unit 3: Idea of Philosophy of Education
• Unit 4: Relation of branches of Philosophy to Education

Module 3: Selected Schools of philosophy in relation to Education

• Unit 1: Naturalism and Education
• Unit 2: Idealism and Education
• Unit 3: Realism and Education
• Unit 4: Existentialism and Education

Module 4: Prominent Philosophers and their Philosophy of Education

• Unit 1: Plato’s Idealism (427-348 B.C)
• Unit 2: Aristotelian Realism (384-322 B.C)
• Unit 3: Rousseau (1712-1778)
• Unit 4: John Dewey’s Pragmatism (1859-1952)
• Unit 5 Whitehead’s Philosophy of Education (1861-1947)