Description
The main purpose of this course is to inquire and reflect upon issues that have deep significance for our lives as human beings, students and educators. One goal of this course is to strive for an understanding of historically significant ideologies and their application to problems of teaching and education. However, the primary focus of this course will be on cultivating a desire and commitment to engage in philosophical thinking. In this way, the course seeks to foster an appreciation for the power of philosophical methods of analysis as a way of thinking that can help us determine how best to live. The course also hopes to help students taking the first step toward an integration of Western and Eastern philosophical perspectives.