Education Theory 1: What Is *Philosophy* of Education?

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15-lecture series by Professor Stephen R.C. Hicks, Rockford University.

Part One: What is the purpose of education, and what is philosophy’s relevance?

Other lectures in the series forthcoming:

Part Two: Metaphysics: Reality and Education

Part Three: Epistemology: Knowledge and Education

Part Four: Human Nature and Education

Part Five: Ethics: Values and Education

Part Six: Integrated “Isms” and Education

Part Seven: Idealism, Plato, and Kant, and Education

Part Eight: Realism, Aristotle, and Locke, and Education

Part Nine: Pragmatism, Dewey, and Education

Part Ten: Behaviorism, Skinner, and Education

Part Eleven: Existentialism, Sartre, Camus, and Education

Part Twelve: Objectivism, Rand, Montessori, and Education

Part Thirteen: Marxism, Marx, and Education

Part Fourteen: Postmodernism, Foucault, Giroux, and Education

Part Fifteen: Education as One’s Mission, and Conclusion

Related: Stephen Hicks’s other posts and publications on Education.

2 thoughts on “Education Theory 1: What Is *Philosophy* of Education?”

  1. Kamil Trzebiatowski

    Thank you for this course, Professor Hicks. I’ve been in education, as a teacher and trainer, for 20+ years and philosophy of education has held significant interest for me so it’s good to have this on offer here. You came to my attention originally through some of your conversations and debates on postmodernism in the first place (just beginning to read “Explaining Postmodernism”), and I have found your critique of postmodernism very robust and insightful, so I am certain I will enjoy this course as well. Thank you for offering it on here.

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