Course Description

Course Title: Educ 210 Foundation of Education
Course Description: This study relides heavily on the disciplines and methodologies of the humanties, particulartly history and philosophy, and the social sciences. Its purpose is to bring these discplinary resources to task in developming interpretive and critical perspectives on education, both inside and outsiede of schools. Moreover, this introduces students to interpretive uses of knowledge relevant to eeucation and to establish a basis for life-long learning through critical reflection of education within its historical, philosophical, cultural, and social contexts.
Course Outline:
Unit I. Introduction
a. The Learner
b. The Teacher
c. The teaching-learning process
d. The learning environment
e. The Teaching Profession
Unit II. Historical Foundation of Education
a. The education system of ancient Civilization
b. Education in Medieval Times
c. Movements that shaped modern educational thoughts and ideals
Unit III.Psychological Foundation of Education
a. The Learner’s Stages of Development
b. Freud’s Psycho-analytic Theory
c. Piaget’s Cognitive Development
d. Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development
e. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Unit IV. Sociological & Anthropological Foundation of Education
a. The nature of Man, the role of heredity and development, language and social evolution
b. The Filipino and His Family
c. Education and Society
d. Religion and Arts
e. Culture and Cultural Values
f. Changes in Society and Social Problems
Unit V. Philosophical Foundation of Education
a. Idealism
b. Realism
c. Pragmatism
d. Reconstructionism
e. Behaviorism
f. Existentialism and Phenomenology
g. Analytical Philosophy
Unit VI. Legal Foundation of Education
a. Legal Bases in the Philippines
b. Trends and Issues
c. Inclusive Education