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Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Online course. A historical approach to the major social and philosophical foundations of American education, with an emphasis on the relation of educational theory to classroom practice. Eight written assignments; reading journal; final examination. View the ELPS 450 course preview. Instructor: Scott Smith.
Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 933.35
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,941.05
Graduate resident students pay: 1,079.15
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,142.50
Materials (included in Tuition and Fees):
- Hillesheim and Merrill. Theory and Practice in the History of American Education, University Press of America, 1980. (book)
- Hillesheim et al. Intellectual Foundations of American Education: Locke to Dewey, Univ. of Kansas Continuing Education, 1993. (book)
Textbook (separate purchase):
- Plato. The Republic, trans. Lee, Penguin, 2007.
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 ELPS 770 History and Philosophy of Education (3).
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Online course. A comprehensive study of influential persons and movements in the development of educational thought, Eastern and Western, from ancient times to the present. Emphasis on those ideas and historical roots that are relevant to contemporary issues in teaching and school administration. Students who have taken ELPS 450 will not receive credit for this course. Eight written assignments; reading journal; paper; final examination. View the ELPS 770 course preview. Instructor: Scott Smith.
Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 1,079.15
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 2,142.50
Graduate resident students pay: 1,079.15
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,142.50
Materials (included in Tuition and Fees):
- Hillesheim and Merrill. Theory and Practice in the History of American Education, University Press of America, 1980. (book)
- Hillesheim et al. Intellectual Foundations of American Education: Locke to Dewey, Univ. of Kansas Continuing Education, 1993. (book)
Textbooks (separate purchase):
- Plato. The Republic, trans. Lee, Penguin, 2007.
- Reid. Confucius Lives Next Door, Vintage Books, 2000.
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ELPS 450 Foundations of Education (3).