Why education is a philosophical enterprise — taking a child and instilling the knowledge, character, and skills necessary for adult life. How major philosophies — Plato’s, Locke’s, Marx’s, Dewey’s, Rand’s, Foucault’s, and others’ — lead to dramatically different goals and strategies for education
In real life the course is a 15-week lecture course, so the online video series is divided into 15 parts, posted serially.
To preview the series, please visit the dedicated course page: Philosophy of Education, An Introductory Course. The course presupposes no previous knowledge of philosophy or education theory.
Related: Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s influential educational program, in the Philosophers, Explained series: