Upon successful completion of the learning experience, students will be able to: explain the nature and scope of the philosophy of education; analyze the role of educational philosophy in curriculum planning and development; identify which specific areas of schooling are addressed by the psychological perspective on education; construct an assessment procedure for their own subject area by applying any one of the perspectives; interpret the influence of educational philosophies on intellectual behavior and approaches to learning; give examples that show, in simple terms that knowledge is not free of philosophical underpinnings; and explain the international and American perspectives on the effectiveness of education.