The thesis is focused on finding the philosophical dimension of a story, with respect to stories for children. It is also concerned with the variable possibilities how to use stories in the Philosophy for Children dialogue. Using the knowledge of literally science and using the articles about the role of story in Philosophy for Children, the thesis elaborates the definition of the philosophical dimension of story. Its further attempt is to suggest general method how to seize the philosophical dimension of every possible story for the purpose of philosophical dialogue with children. The suggested method is applied on the stories The Little prince by A. Saint-Exupery and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis in the last part of the thesis.

The methodology by which to teach these outcomes was not clear. An intervention programme, Philosophy for Children (P4C) is used in some countries across the world to promote thinking. Research across the world has shown that this programme has the ability to enhance the cognitive abilities of learners exposed to it. Stories for Thinking (SFT) is an intervention programme based on the principles of Philosophy for Children and was introduced in some schools in an Education District of the Western Cape. This study investigates the perceptions of Intermediate Phase educators about the implementation of Stories for Thinking in this Education District. Educators were asked their strengths and challenges of the approach, their way of using it and the support they received. A qualitative research method was used and data were gathered to answer the research questions by means of questionnaires and interviews. Research findings indicate that educators perceived that Stories for Thinking was able to enhance the reading ability of the learners, it showed a significant improvement in their confidence levels, and a positive change in their general behaviour. Language was seen as a barrier to learning, but the evidence indicates that the community of inquiry can be used as a tool to overcome some of the barriers. It seems as if educators valued the support from the project leaders. It is concluded that this kind of intervention programme is worth introducing as long as all the role-players play their part and the setting is conducive.

<p>South Africa had a change in government and in education after the 1994 elections. A new curriculum was introduced and some of the underlying critical outcomes were to develop the learners to become critical thinkers. The methodology by which to teach these outcomes was not clear. An intervention programme, Philosophy for Children (P4C) is used in some countries across the world to promote thinking. Research across the world has shown that this programme has the ability to enhance the cognitive abilities of learners exposed to it. Stories for Thinking (SFT) is an intervention programme based on the principles of Philosophy for Children and was introduced in some schools in an Education District of the Western Cape. This study investigates the perceptions of Intermediate Phase educators about the implementation of Stories for Thinking in this Education District. Educators were asked their strengths and challenges of the approach, their way of using it and the support they received. A qualitative research method was used and data were gathered to answer the research questions by means of questionnaires and interviews. Research findings indicate that educators perceived that Stories for Thinking was able to enhance the reading ability of the learners, it showed a significant improvement in their confidence levels, and a positive change in their general behaviour. Language was seen as a barrier to learning, but the evidence indicates that the community of inquiry can be used as a tool to overcome some of the barriers. It seems as if educators valued the support from the project leaders. It is concluded that this kind of intervention programme is worth introducing as long as all the role-players play their part and the setting is conducive.</p>

The methodology by which to teach these outcomes was not clear. An intervention programme, Philosophy for Children (P4C) is used in some countries across the world to promote thinking. Research across the world has shown that this programme has the ability to enhance the cognitive abilities of learners exposed to it. Stories for Thinking (SFT) is an intervention programme based on the principles of Philosophy for Children and was introduced in some schools in an Education District of the Western Cape. This study investigates the perceptions of Intermediate Phase educators about the implementation of Stories for Thinking in this Education District. Educators were asked their strengths and challenges of the approach, their way of using it and the support they received. A qualitative research method was used and data were gathered to answer the research questions by means of questionnaires and interviews. Research findings indicate that educators perceived that Stories for Thinking was able to enhance the reading ability of the learners, it showed a significant improvement in their confidence levels, and a positive change in their general behaviour. Language was seen as a barrier to learning, but the evidence indicates that the community of inquiry can be used as a tool to overcome some of the barriers. It seems as if educators valued the support from the project leaders. It is concluded that this kind of intervention programme is worth introducing as long as all the role-players play their part and the setting is conducive.

<p>South Africa had a change in government and in education after the 1994 elections. A new curriculum was introduced and some of the underlying critical outcomes were to develop the learners to become critical thinkers. The methodology by which to teach these outcomes was not clear. An intervention programme, Philosophy for Children (P4C) is used in some countries across the world to promote thinking. Research across the world has shown that this programme has the ability to enhance the cognitive abilities of learners exposed to it. Stories for Thinking (SFT) is an intervention programme based on the principles of Philosophy for Children and was introduced in some schools in an Education District of the Western Cape. This study investigates the perceptions of Intermediate Phase educators about the implementation of Stories for Thinking in this Education District. Educators were asked their strengths and challenges of the approach, their way of using it and the support they received. A qualitative research method was used and data were gathered to answer the research questions by means of questionnaires and interviews. Research findings indicate that educators perceived that Stories for Thinking was able to enhance the reading ability of the learners, it showed a significant improvement in their confidence levels, and a positive change in their general behaviour. Language was seen as a barrier to learning, but the evidence indicates that the community of inquiry can be used as a tool to overcome some of the barriers. It seems as if educators valued the support from the project leaders. It is concluded that this kind of intervention programme is worth introducing as long as all the role-players play their part and the setting is conducive.</p>

Resumo: A pesquisa pretende abordar o problema que se refere à perspectiva abordada pela Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo no que tange à escolha da temática ética para as oficinas de filosofia para crianças. Problema que nos leva a buscar um caminho que nos indique como pensar esse tema pelo viés do sujeito e não pelas finalidades estabelecidas pela educação escolarizada. O objetivo primeiro desta dissertação é analisar a Oficina de Enriquecimento Curricular Filosofia para o Ciclo I do Ensino Fundamental, na busca pelos elementos que dificultam a realização dessas oficinas nas escolas públicas do Estado de São Paulo. Para tanto, entendemos que nossa primeira preocupação é analisar a concepção de Educação à qual o projeto está vinculado, no sentido de compreendermos o que motiva a elaboração desse projeto. Nossa pesquisa se caracteriza metodologicamente pela análise documental, com base em autores da Filosofia da Educação. Escolhemos como objeto de pesquisa os documentos que propõem a oficina de filosofia para crianças. A partir da concepção de Ética explícita nos documentos, buscamos uma possibilidade da proposta dessa temática aliada ao conceito de Cuidado de si, perspectivado por Michel Foucault. Analisamos, também, a palavra experiência por meio de Jorge Larrosa, ao qual acreditamos ser possível uma possibilidade de abertura para pensarmos como o cuidado de si indicaria uma disposição ética do sujeito a si e aos outros / Abstract: The objective of the present dissertation is to approach the debatable perspective taken by São Paulo State Secretariat of Education when choosing the theme ethics for its Philosophy workshops for children. In order to do so, it seems necessary to encounter an approach that leads to the consideration of the topic in the light of the Subject instead of the purposes established by formal education. The main aim of the study is to analyze the Workshop of Curricular Enrichment - Philosophy in the first stage of Brazilian Fundamental Education (i.e. students aged 6 to 10 years), seeking elements that hinder the accomplishment of these workshops in public schools in São Paulo state. Firstly, the concept of Education to which the project is affiliated is analyzed in order to understand the motivation behind the project‟s elaboration. The research‟s methodology consists of document analysis based on authors who specialize in Philosophy of Education. The study‟s corpus comprises the documents utilized in the philosophy workshops for children. The study proposes the conflation of the conception of Ethics presented on the documents with the concept of Care of the Self, as devised by Michel Foucault. The word experience was also analyzed as per Jorge Larrosa, offering a possibility to consider how the Care of the Self may indicate an ethical disposition of the Subject toward itself and toward others / Orientador: Alonso Bezerra de Carvalho / Coorientador: Carlos da Fonseca Brandão / Banca: Pedro Ângelo Pagni / Banca: Marcelo Carbone Carneiro / Mestre

Orientador: Renê Jose Trentin Silveira / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T21:22:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Oliveira_MarinesBarbosade_M.pdf: 1160071 bytes, checksum: 18b1d35cd4e48406b9894f29acf01096 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: A presente pesquisa visa a constituir-se uma análise delineadora da identidade profissional dos professores que trabalham com o Programa Filosofia para Crianças - Educação para o Pensar, formulado pelo professor norte-americano Matthew Lipman. Nossa análise recairá sobre o papel atribuído ao professor dentro do Programa, conhecimentos, habilidades e competências que deve demonstrar para exercer seu papel, em contraposição aos pré-requisitos mínimos exigidos e ao modelo de formação/capacitação idealizado pelo próprio criador da proposta. Como fontes de consulta foram utilizadas as obras de Lipman, publicadas no Brasil, trabalhos de seus principais críticos e comentadores, bem como registros e anotações feitas a partir da observação dos cursos oferecidos pelo centro responsável pela formação desses professores em Minas Gerais. Nosso objetivo é verificar, à luz das concepções de Filosofia e de Educação subjacentes ao Programa, se existem contradições entre o papel que o professor deverá desempenhar em sala de aula e a formação/capacitação que lhe é oferecida para que ele chegue a ser quem é, profissionalmente. A partir da constatação da impossibilidade da equivalência entre "Professor de Filosofia para Crianças" e "Professor de Filosofia", procuramos situar a questão específica, relativa aos professores que trabalham com o Programa, no debate mais amplo acerca da proletarização técnica e ideológica sofrida pelo docente, para tentar conhecer o lugar ocupado por esses professores nesse processo. / Abstract: This research aims at formulating an analysis that delineates the professional identity of the teachers who work within the programme Philosophy for Children - Education for Thought, created by the American professor Matthew Lipman. Our analysis will focus on the role attributed to the teachers inside the programme and on the knowledge, skills and competences that teachers should demonstrate in order to perform their role, in contraposition to the minimum requirements needed and to the model of education/training idealized by the very creator of the proposal. Sources used included works by Lipman published in Brazil, some papers written by his main critics and commentators, as well as records and notes taken from the observation of courses offered by the centre responsible for the education of these teachers in Minas Gerais. Our goal is to verify, in the light of the conceptions of Philosophy and Education inherent to the Programme, if there are contradictions between the role that teachers should perform in the classroom and the education/training that is offered to them so that they can reach who they are professionally. After noting the impossibility of equalling a 'Philosophy Teacher for Children' and a 'Philosophy Teacher', we sought to situate the specific question, related to the teachers who work with the programme, within a wider debate about the technical and ideological proletarization undergone by teachers, in order to try to understand the place taken by these teachers in this process. / Mestrado / Historia, Filosofia e Educação / Mestre em Educação

Magister Educationis - MEd / South Africa had a change in government and in education after the 1994 elections. A new curriculum was introduced and some of the underlying critical outcomes were to develop the learners to become critical thinkers. The methodology by which to teach these outcomes was not clear. An intervention programme, Philosophy for Children (P4C) is used in some countries across the world to promote thinking. Research across the world has shown that this programme has the ability to enhance the cognitive abilities of learners exposed to it. Stories for Thinking (SFT) is an intervention programme based on the principles of Philosophy for Children and was introduced in some schools in an Education District of the Western Cape. This study investigates the perceptions of Intermediate Phase educators about the implementation of Stories for Thinking in this Education District. Educators were asked their strengths and challenges of the approach, their way of using it and the support they received. A qualitative research method was used and data were gathered to answer the research questions by means of questionnaires and interviews. Research findings indicate that educators perceived that Stories for Thinking was able to enhance the reading ability of the learners, it showed a significant improvement in their confidence levels, and a positive change in their general behaviour. Language was seen as a barrier to learning, but the evidence indicates that the community of inquiry can be used as a tool to overcome some of the barriers. It seems as if educators valued the support from the project leaders. It is concluded that this kind of intervention programme is worth introducing as long as all the role-players play their part and the setting is conducive. / South Africa

Title: Children's Philosophical Abilities: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry Into Children's Ability To Practice Philosophy. Author: Abou Khalil, Charbel Supervisor: Maesschalck, Marc Academic year: 2020-2021 Title of the study programme: Erasmus Mundus Master's Degree in French and German Philosophies: Contemporary Challenges. Abstract: Is the child capable of philosophising? The doxa answers in the negative. In fact, childhood has long been equated with intellectual immaturity. According to the work of Jean Piaget, which continues to guide many current pedagogical practices, philosophy, requiring inner dialogue, abstraction, and formal logic, is inaccessible to children whose thinking is egocentric, concrete and irrational. Yet, since the 1970s, we have witnessed the emergence of new pedagogical practices, designed for the philosophical education of children from the age of five: Philosophy for Children (P4C), advocated by Matthew Lipman, is based on the principle of educational interventionism, and seeks to challenge the child's reason in order to discover its dormant cognitive potential. With its theoretical foundations in John Dewey's pragmatism and Lev Vygotsky's social constructivism, it opposes the Piagetian conception of cognitive development and challenges the three characteristics of the child's...

One of the most critical issues impeding African American liberation today is the American education system, which overwhelmingly and disproportionately, negatively impacts African American youth. In defiance of the hegemonic system, African American adolescents have created alternative modes of expressing their native African sensibilities, connecting them back to traditional ancestral philosophy; one of the resulting cultural productions is Hip-Hop. The proceeding pages will offer a critical analysis of literature on Philosophy for Children (PFC/PWC), Africana Philosophy, and the use of Hip-Hop as a pedagogical tool in the classroom (CHHP), in order to discover connections between these three elements. The results showed significant similarities in the PFC/PWC and CHHP programs, supporting the hypothesis to develop a program incorporating both practices in the classroom as an alternative to Eurocentric pedagogy. Additionally this project creates space for future consideration of the connections between traditional Africana philosophy as praxis and Hip-Hop performance. / African American Studies