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Philosophy of education

Course Description: The course includes the concept of philosophy linguistically and terminologically, its origins, its importance and its branches: ontology, axiology, epistemology, the function of philosophy and the relationship between philosophy and religion, and between it and science, the concept of philosophy of education, its functions and the relationship between philosophy and education, idealism: its concept, origins, prominent philosophers, and its view of existence, values, and knowledge, and its educational applications, realism: its concept, origins, prominent philosophers, and its view of existence, values, and knowledge, and its educational applications, pragmatism: its concept, origins, prominent philosophers, and its view of existence, values, and knowledge, and its educational applications, and the comparison between them, and their evaluation in light of the principles of the Islamic religion. .

Credits: 2

Objectives of the course :

The student should be familiar with the concept of the philosophy of education and the importance of its study. They should also understand the viewpoints of different philosophies on the nature of existence, value theory, and the nature of knowledge within different philosophies, including idealism, realism, and pragmatism. Furthermore, the student should be able to compare and contrast these philosophies, critique their educational implications, and evaluate them in light of the principles of Islam.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:

It concludes on the concept of philosophy, the concept of education, and the relationship between them.
It defines the nature and functions of the philosophy of education, and the importance of its study.
It extracts the main topics of different philosophies and their educational applications.
Confines the problems and issues related to the philosophy of education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Distinguish between the perspectives of different philosophies on educational issues and problems and how to address them.
It deduces the fundamentals of scientific research in educational philosophy research.

Skills:

Compares the viewpoints of different philosophies: Idealism, Realism, and Pragmatism towards ontology and its applications.
It estimates the differences between the viewpoints of different philosophies: idealism, realism, and pragmatism towards value theory and its applications.
Distinguish between the viewpoints of different philosophies: idealism, realism, and pragmatism regarding epistemology and its applications.
Evaluates the educational content in different philosophies in light of the principles of Islamic education.

Values, autonomy and responsibility:

Practicing research ethics in research related to the philosophy of education.
Uses self-learning skills to search for fundamental knowledge in the philosophy of education.
Employs technical means for communication and information searching in the philosophy of education.
Effectively communicates within his research team for the Philosophy of Education course.
His performance and the performance of his colleagues are based on what he studied in the philosophy of education.

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Last Updated: 2026-05-11