Education is an extremely important human endeavor. Politicians, economists, social scientists, philosophers, business man, always argue that what society needs is to improve education. In this course we will explore and critically analyze the concept of education. In other words, we are going to wrestle with this concept, and see what it tells us about the social, economic, political, and sociological aspects of wanting to educate everybody. The course is designed to present different approaches to the students, so as for them to decide for themselves what is the future of education ought to look like. We will look at the history of education, and deal with different educational philosophers. As we progress through time, we will read and look to case studies around the world of how they are managing their education, and question if that is possible for everyone, or where are we aiming towards? The course is meant to be shared with postgraduate students in the field of education, so there are weeks with heavy and demanding quantities of reading.

Aims of the course:

At the end of the course the student should know the major problems and positions of different educational philosophers. More specifically:

1. Students will know about liberal education, liberal arts education, progressive education, critical education, radical education etc.
2. Students will have knowledge about a number of specific positions prominent thinkers have dealt with in the past in terms of education and learning. And in terms of curriculum design, learning methods, and philosophical approaches.
3. Students will have gained mastery over different educational tools and methods useful for their own practice and understanding of society.

The idea is to co-create the knowledge and allow for emergence throughout the course. Therefore it is necessary for us to co-create the schedule based on the groups interest. Similarly, it must be flexible and creative, thus, leading towards a community-based educational approach.

The cost of the course is $50 for 10 weeks

The schedule will be co-created when the students have and the fellow have had a meeting together.

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