This course discusses a background to the study of philosophy for students pursuing a Bachelor of Education degree program. Topics include the Adventist philosophy of education as explained in the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy; philosophical theories of education; a history and practice of world philosophies of education including idealism, realism, naturalism, Pragmatism, existentialism, Ujamaa and the African philosophical thoughts. The course also considers the thoughts of world philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Immanuel Kant, William James, John Dewey, John Locke, Thomas Aquinas, John Amos Comenius, Ignatius Loyola, Jean J. Rousseau, Rene Descartes, Jean Paul Sartre, Fredrick W. Nietzesche, Karl Marx, Julius Nyerere, Milton Obote, Kwame Nkrumah, Robert Mugabe and their influence on the educational systems of the world.
- Teacher: JANE ATIENO GENGA