The program offers a PhD in Educational History and Philosophy (EHP) and a Master’s in Philosophy of Education
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The Philosophy of Education Program is primarily concerned with the analysis, reconstruction, and critical evaluation of educational concepts, principles, theories, and frameworks. As an area of study in education, it aims to develop thinkers who could help offer good answers to general pedagogical issues such as the following: (1) what education is; (2) what it takes to be an educated individual and citizen; (3) what the end of education ought to be in a socially just society; and (4) how teachers should teach.
The Philosophy of Education’s concerns, directions, and goals hence aim to respond to the current educational reforms in the Philippines as well as to global trends in education and to contribute substantially to the local and international fund of knowledge in the following areas: (1) the place of philosophy in basic and higher education; (2) ethics education; (3) values education; (4) contexts and communities of inquiry; (5) theories of knowledge and learning; (6) education for social justice; (7) diversity in education; (8) education in times of crisis; (9)democracy and pedagogy; and (10) education for transformative and sustainable futures among others.