EDNC:101 Philosophical Foundations of Education

Unit-1: Introduction to Philosophy of Education
* Education as an Academic Discipline, Education as a Science and Art
* Meaning, Need, Nature & Scope of Philosophy and its relationship to Education
* Functions of Philosophy of Education: Speculative, Normative & Critical
* Determinants of Aims of Education

Philosophical Foundation of Education (e-books)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fU_raQdjgIxS_XzXMPaXB92qtWNks4vL

KKHSOU, Guwahati
http://kkhsou.in/eslm//E-SLM/MASTER%20DEGREE/MA%20Education/1st%20Sem/MA-Education-1st-Sem-Course-1-Block-1.pdf

http://kkhsou.in/eslm//E-SLM/MASTER%20DEGREE/MA%20Education/1st%20Sem/MA-Education-1st-Sem-Course-1-Block-2.pdf

Education as an Academic Discipline, Education as a Science and Art

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-kuf1CZVCzehJI3bUm6kGSl03dbDwAjX

Definition of  Academic Discipline

An Academic Discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge that is taught and researched as a part of higher education.

According to ZONGYI DENG "An Academic Discipline is a field or branch of learning affiliated with an Academic Department within a university, formulated for the advancement of research and scholarship and the professional training of researchers, academics, and specialists. 

https://www.slideshare.net/PRASANTHVENPAKAL/school-subjects-and-academic-disciplines-meaning

Education as a Science and Arts

Science is a systematic and precise body of knowledge in a particular field of the world. It seeks to discover the general laws regulating the phenomena in that field through observation and experiments. As per this definition, education must be taken as a science since it is a systematic body of knowledge accumulated through ages by observation and experiments. It has its own theories and laws for arrangement and organization of educational activities. Education has been developed as a science during these recent years.

Similarly, art is used in two senses (i) one for producing something beautiful, e.g., singing, dancing, painting and (ii) another for applying knowledge in realizing some useful ends, e.g. surgery, engineering. As per this meaning, education should be regarded as an art since it attempts to make human activities beautiful and meaningful. It utilizes the knowledge and techniques of its own and other disciplines like psychology, economics, philosophy and so on.

The latest trend “educational technology” consists of all media, methods and materials being utilized for optimum development of education. That is, the results of different sciences are being utilized in education for the growth and development of the individual as well as the society.

On the whole, education maybe regarded both as a science and art since it consists of theoretical as well as practical knowledge and skills derived through various artistic and scientific methods and aims at achieving desired objectives by applying them in human behaviour and practices.

Source:

http://www.preservearticles.com/education/education-is-a-science-or-an-art/4722

Additional Information (Education as a Science and Arts)

https://profpeaton.com/2015/09/13/starting-with-dewey-education-as-science-or-art/

Meaning of Education
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Uw6o2VEDzU4-CpFzPAhr26aPjeTLUG2c

What is Philosophy?
https://slideplayer.com/slide/2603102/

Philosophy of Education
https://slideplayer.com/slide/5286954/

https://slideplayer.com/slide/5744440/

* Meaning, Need, Nature & Scope of Philosophy and its relationship to Education
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wJmn2npzjaeOeQT6EpQDHMKgMZAs96bD

Meaning, Nature and Scope of Philosophy
http://www.philosophynotes.net/philosophy/nature-and-scope/philosophy-meaning-origin-and-scope/116


Need of Philosophy

Philosophy uses the tools of logic and reason to analyze the ways in which humans experience the world. It teaches critical thinking, close reading, clear writing, and logical analysis; it uses these to understand the language we use to describe the world, and our place within it.

https://phil.washington.edu/why-study-philosophy

* Functions of Philosophy of Education: Speculative, Normative & Critical

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wJmn2npzjaeOeQT6EpQDHMKgMZAs96bD

https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/68349/6/06_chapter%201.pdf

Philosophical understanding of Education

http://kkhsou.in/4mobile/deledunits/Course2Eng/unit1.pdf


* Determinants of Aims of Education

http://www.preservearticles.com/education/what-are-the-factors-that-determine-the-educational-aims/17990

Aims of Education
https://www.slideshare.net/FIROZQURESHI/aims-of-education-77900099
Source:
http://kkhsou.in/4mobile/deledunits/Course2Eng/unit2.pdf


Additional Resources

What is Philosophy?

Philosophy is a way of thinking about the world, the universe, and society. It works by asking very basic questions about the nature of human thought, the nature of the universe, and the connections between them. The ideas in philosophy are often general and abstract.
https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy

What is the job of a Philosopher?

Philosophy is a way of thinking about the world, the universe, and society. It works by asking very basic questions about the nature of human thought, the nature of the universe, and the connections between them. The ideas in philosophy are often general and abstract.

https://philosophy.as.uky.edu/where-can-philosophy-take-me

Why Philosophy is an Activity?

In a broad sense, philosophy is an activity people undertake when they seek to understand fundamental truths about themselves, the world in which they live, and their relationships to the world and to each other. As an academic disciplinephilosophy is much the same.

https://philosophy.fsu.edu/undergraduate-study/why-philosophy/What-is-Philosophy

The Real Meaning of Philosophy?

The noun philosophy means the study of proper behaviour, and the search for wisdom. The original meaning of the word philosophy comes from the Greek roots philo- meaning "love" and -sophos, or "wisdom." ... In other words, they want to know the meaning of life.

Useful Websites of Philosophy

1. Online Research in Philosophy

    https://philpapers.org/

2. Philosophy related websites

    https://sccollege.edu/Library/Pages/PhilosophyWebsites.aspx

3. Your favourite philosophy websites

     https://philosophypathways.com/topten.html

4. Top 100 Philosophy Blogs, Websites and Newsletters 

     https://blog.feedspot.com/philosophy_blogs/

5. Guide to the World's Philosophers

     http://www.philosophers.co.uk/

6. Indian Philosophical Congress

    http://indianphilosophicalcongress.in/

7. The American Philosophical Association

     https://www.apaonline.org/general/recommended_links.asp?cc=

8. Dictionary of Philosophy

     http://www.oxfordreference.com/page/phil

9. List of important publications in Philosophy

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_important_publications_in_philosophy

10. Upcoming events in Philosophy

       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_important_publications_in_philosophy

11. Philosophy...Stanford

      https://philosophy.stanford.edu/

12. Philosophy conferences (world wide)

      https://conferencealerts.com/topic-listing?topic=Philosophy

Books on Philosophy

https://www.pdfdrive.com/philosophy-books.html

MA Education Books (e-books)
http://kkhsou.in/4mobile/slm0.php?nextdir=/E-SLM/MASTER%20DEGREE/MA%20Education/1st%20Sem