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EDU 123 Philosophy of Education

100 levelEducation6 topics

EDU 123 covers 6 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Relevance and importance of philosophy of education to the teacher
  2. Schools of thought: Naturalism, Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism and Existentialism
  3. Africanism and African philosophers of education (Nkrumah, Nyerere, Fafunwa)
  4. The concept of education: teaching, training, instruction and indoctrination
  5. Philosophy of Nigerian education and the tenets of developmentalism
  6. Philosophical concepts: rationality, justice, freedom and equality of educational opportunity

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Relevance and importance of philosophy of education to the teacher

This topic examines why philosophy of education is important to the teacher as a professional guide to thinking, acting, and making classroom decisions. For examination purposes, you should master how philosophy helps the teacher clarify aims of education, choose suitable methods, understand learners, judge values, and respond thoughtfully to practical problems in school.

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