Special Topics: Philosophical Issues in Education
PHI-429-020
SUNY Cortland
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- Winter 25/26
- Instructor
- David LaRocca
- Start Date
- 01-06-2026
- Total Credits
- 3
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Philosophical Issues in Education welcomes students to a conversation about the nature ofbeing a student—and thus invites a renewed consideration of what it means to become a teacher of students. What sorts of self-knowledge must one possess in order to create an educational environment in which students can learn? Do teachers know what they teach? What is the relationship between such inner experiences and the students who find their way to your classrooms? Should we unlearn in order to teach (better)? What are the aspirations of our pedagogy, individually and collectively—or what should they be? With an eye kept on the contemporary context of education in the United States, we will ask fundamental questions about the long arc of the philosophy of education from ancient China and Greece to a range of modern experiments in re-thinking education as an ongoing and ever-evolving project—“a beautiful risk,” according to one of our authors.
Course Area: Philosophy
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Dates: 01-06-2026 - 01-20-2026
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