190004 SE Philosophy of Science and Educational Research Methods (2023W)
Problematizing Truth - How Can We Know What We Know?
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Fr 01.09.2023 06:30 to We 20.09.2023 09:00
- Registration is open from Mo 25.09.2023 06:30 to Th 28.09.2023 09:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 16.10.2023 09:00
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: German, English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Monday
09.10.
13:15 - 16:30
Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Monday
23.10.
13:15 - 16:30
Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Monday
06.11.
13:15 - 16:30
Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Monday
20.11.
13:15 - 16:30
Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Monday
04.12.
13:15 - 16:30
Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Monday
08.01.
13:15 - 16:30
Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Monday
22.01.
13:15 - 16:30
Seminarraum 4 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This seminar loosely follows the M2a lecture 'Philosophy of Science and Educational Research Methods' and serves to deepen and continue the topics and questions raised in this lecture.Based on further literature, historical case studies and current controversies, we will discuss epistemological and scientific questions together.The main objective is to irritate unquestioned habits of thought and to cultivate a critical attitude towards one's own and other people's claims to knowledge and truth.
Assessment and permitted materials
The final grade is made up of an essay (70%) and active participation in the seminar (30%).
The primary language of instruction is English. The assignments can be done in German as well as in English.
The primary language of instruction is English. The assignments can be done in German as well as in English.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Compliance with compulsory attendance (max. 1 unexcused absences) and positive grading of the final essay.
The language of instruction is English. Therefore good knowledge of English is required. Except for two texts, the compulsory reading is in English. Your English does not have to be perfect, I will translate if necessary. If you do not read German, please let me know so I can provide you with additional help for the two reading assignments in German.
The language of instruction is English. Therefore good knowledge of English is required. Except for two texts, the compulsory reading is in English. Your English does not have to be perfect, I will translate if necessary. If you do not read German, please let me know so I can provide you with additional help for the two reading assignments in German.
Examination topics
Alle in der Lehrveranstaltung durchgenommenen Inhalte, insbesondere auch die fachlichen und fachdidaktischen Inhalte und Überlegungen der eigenen und der im Seminar präsentierten Planungen. Unterstützendes Lernmaterial befindet sich auf Moodle.
Reading list
Fleck, Ludwik. 'Über die wissenschaftliche Beobachtung und die Wahrnehmung im Allgemeinen'.In: Ders.:Denkstile und Tatsachen. Gesammelte Schriften und Zeugnisse, hrsg. Sylwia Werner und Claus Zittel. Berlin: Suhrkamp, 1935/2011, 211-238.Hacking, Ian. Historical Ontology.Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002. [Chapter 6 'Making Up People',99-114; Chapter 11 'Language, Truth, and Reason', 159-177]Harding, Sandra. Who's Science, Who's Knowledge? Thinking From Women's Lives.Ithaca (NY): Cornell University Press, 1991. [Introduction & Chapter 2: Feminism Confronts the Sciences, 1-50]Höhne, Thomas. Pädagogik der Wissensgesellschaft. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2003 [Kapitel 4: Pädagogisierungsprozesse, 229-252]Lyotard, François. The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1984 [Introduction & Chapters 1-11, xxiii - 47]Porter, Theodore M. Trust in Numbers. The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life.Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. [Introduction, Chapter 1 & Chapter 2]Skinner, Quentin. Visions of Politics. Volume II: Regarding Method. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. [Chapter 4: "Meaning and understanding in the history of ideas", 57-89]Tröhler, Daniel. 'Progressivism.' Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Education, edited by G. W. Noblit. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, 1-36.Tröhler, Daniel. 'The Discourse of German Geisteswissenschaftliche Pädagogik A Contextual Reconstruction'. Paedagogica Historica 39(6), 2003, 759-778.Tröhler, Daniel. Languages of Education. Protestant Legacies, National Identities, and Global Aspirations. New York: Routledge, 2011. [Chapter 8: 'The Becoming of an Educational Science. The Protestant Souls and Psychologies', 131-147]
Association in the course directory
M2b
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