ABSTRACT
A one-credit, 400-level course operates on the assumption that education, knowledge, and curriculum are three worthwhile topics for students to study. The approach we will take, then, will be to consider the three questions implied by the course title (along with the questions that follow): What is education? What is knowledge? What is curriculum? Considering the course in this philosophical way, then, the principal questions listed earlier will lead us to even more questions. “Epistemology” refers to the study of knowledge, a branch of philosophy; “curriculum theory” refers to the study of the question “What knowledge is of most worth?” In academic parlance, this class is meant to provide some exposure to two sub-disciplines of the academic study of education: philosophy of education and curriculum studies. Students in this course will inquire into three fundamental questions. What is education? What is knowledge? What is curriculum? The humanities in general and philosophy in particular will guide this inquiry.
