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>

Considerando-se a recente (re)inserção da disciplina de Filosofia na escola básica brasileira – ocorrida em 2008 – e, de forma análoga, os desafios de um Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID) – 2007 –, a presente dissertação examina como o PIBID de Filosofia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) está se empenhando para incentivar os licenciandos a desenvolverem o pensamento crítico nos alunos do ensino médio. A presente dissertação parte de uma análise teórico-conceitual do conceito de pensamento crítico – utilizado para justificar o ensino de Filosofia na escola básica – articulando-o à ideia do pleno exercício da cidadania. Este texto também apresenta fatores que motivaram a reinserção da Filosofia na escola básica brasileira e rebate críticas à obrigatoriedade do ensino dessa disciplina nesse nível de ensino. A discussão aqui desenvolvida revisa a tradição do conceito de pensamento crítico através da contribuição de autores como Rousseau, Dewey, Nussbaum e, principalmente, Matthew Lipman. Por fim, são expostos os resultados de um estudo de caso do PIBID vinculado ao Departamento de Filosofia da UFRGS. O desenvolvimento da pesquisa deu-se mediante a observação de atividades do grupo, a pesquisa documental e bibliográfica, a aplicação de questionários aos bolsistas de iniciação à docência e aos professores coordenadores, sendo que a estes últimos também responderam a entrevistas não estruturadas. Constatamos, grosso modo, que há uma grande iniciativa e, consequentemente, preocupação dos professores coordenadores do projeto em desenvolver habilidades capazes de encorajar os bolsistas de iniciação à docência a tornarem-se professores aptos a desenvolver em seus futuros alunos o pensamento criterioso e cuidadoso, que é inseparável da emissão de juízos mais coerentes e ações mais ponderadas. / Considering the recent (re) integration of the discipline of Philosophy in Brazilian elementary school – 2008 – and, similarly, the challenges of an Institutional Scholarship Program Initiation to Teaching (PIBID) – 2007 –, this thesis examines how Pibid of Philosophy at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) is working to encourage undergraduates to develop critical thinking in high school students. The dissertation part of a theoretical and conceptual analysis of the concept of critical thinking – used to justify the teaching of philosophy at primary school – linking it to the idea of exercising the rights of citizenship. It presents factors that motivated the reintegration of Philosophy in Brazilian elementary school and rebate criticism of mandatory teaching of this discipline at this level of education. It revises the tradition of the concept of critical thinking by contributing authors like Rousseau, Dewey, Nussbaum and especially Matthew Lipman. It Presents the results of a case study PIBID linked to the Department of Philosophy at UFRGS. The development of the research took place through observation of group activities, bibliographic and documentary research, questionnaires fellows from initiation to teaching coordinators and teachers, with the latter also we perform unstructured interviews. We find, roughly, that there is a great initiative and hence concern for teachers project coordinators in developing skills able to encourage scholars from initiation to teaching, to become teachers are able to develop in their future students thought that judicious and careful is inseparable from the issue of judgments more consistent and more thoughtful actions.

Considerando-se a recente (re)inserção da disciplina de Filosofia na escola básica brasileira – ocorrida em 2008 – e, de forma análoga, os desafios de um Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID) – 2007 –, a presente dissertação examina como o PIBID de Filosofia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) está se empenhando para incentivar os licenciandos a desenvolverem o pensamento crítico nos alunos do ensino médio. A presente dissertação parte de uma análise teórico-conceitual do conceito de pensamento crítico – utilizado para justificar o ensino de Filosofia na escola básica – articulando-o à ideia do pleno exercício da cidadania. Este texto também apresenta fatores que motivaram a reinserção da Filosofia na escola básica brasileira e rebate críticas à obrigatoriedade do ensino dessa disciplina nesse nível de ensino. A discussão aqui desenvolvida revisa a tradição do conceito de pensamento crítico através da contribuição de autores como Rousseau, Dewey, Nussbaum e, principalmente, Matthew Lipman. Por fim, são expostos os resultados de um estudo de caso do PIBID vinculado ao Departamento de Filosofia da UFRGS. O desenvolvimento da pesquisa deu-se mediante a observação de atividades do grupo, a pesquisa documental e bibliográfica, a aplicação de questionários aos bolsistas de iniciação à docência e aos professores coordenadores, sendo que a estes últimos também responderam a entrevistas não estruturadas. Constatamos, grosso modo, que há uma grande iniciativa e, consequentemente, preocupação dos professores coordenadores do projeto em desenvolver habilidades capazes de encorajar os bolsistas de iniciação à docência a tornarem-se professores aptos a desenvolver em seus futuros alunos o pensamento criterioso e cuidadoso, que é inseparável da emissão de juízos mais coerentes e ações mais ponderadas. / Considering the recent (re) integration of the discipline of Philosophy in Brazilian elementary school – 2008 – and, similarly, the challenges of an Institutional Scholarship Program Initiation to Teaching (PIBID) – 2007 –, this thesis examines how Pibid of Philosophy at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) is working to encourage undergraduates to develop critical thinking in high school students. The dissertation part of a theoretical and conceptual analysis of the concept of critical thinking – used to justify the teaching of philosophy at primary school – linking it to the idea of exercising the rights of citizenship. It presents factors that motivated the reintegration of Philosophy in Brazilian elementary school and rebate criticism of mandatory teaching of this discipline at this level of education. It revises the tradition of the concept of critical thinking by contributing authors like Rousseau, Dewey, Nussbaum and especially Matthew Lipman. It Presents the results of a case study PIBID linked to the Department of Philosophy at UFRGS. The development of the research took place through observation of group activities, bibliographic and documentary research, questionnaires fellows from initiation to teaching coordinators and teachers, with the latter also we perform unstructured interviews. We find, roughly, that there is a great initiative and hence concern for teachers project coordinators in developing skills able to encourage scholars from initiation to teaching, to become teachers are able to develop in their future students thought that judicious and careful is inseparable from the issue of judgments more consistent and more thoughtful actions.

Considerando-se a recente (re)inserção da disciplina de Filosofia na escola básica brasileira – ocorrida em 2008 – e, de forma análoga, os desafios de um Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID) – 2007 –, a presente dissertação examina como o PIBID de Filosofia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) está se empenhando para incentivar os licenciandos a desenvolverem o pensamento crítico nos alunos do ensino médio. A presente dissertação parte de uma análise teórico-conceitual do conceito de pensamento crítico – utilizado para justificar o ensino de Filosofia na escola básica – articulando-o à ideia do pleno exercício da cidadania. Este texto também apresenta fatores que motivaram a reinserção da Filosofia na escola básica brasileira e rebate críticas à obrigatoriedade do ensino dessa disciplina nesse nível de ensino. A discussão aqui desenvolvida revisa a tradição do conceito de pensamento crítico através da contribuição de autores como Rousseau, Dewey, Nussbaum e, principalmente, Matthew Lipman. Por fim, são expostos os resultados de um estudo de caso do PIBID vinculado ao Departamento de Filosofia da UFRGS. O desenvolvimento da pesquisa deu-se mediante a observação de atividades do grupo, a pesquisa documental e bibliográfica, a aplicação de questionários aos bolsistas de iniciação à docência e aos professores coordenadores, sendo que a estes últimos também responderam a entrevistas não estruturadas. Constatamos, grosso modo, que há uma grande iniciativa e, consequentemente, preocupação dos professores coordenadores do projeto em desenvolver habilidades capazes de encorajar os bolsistas de iniciação à docência a tornarem-se professores aptos a desenvolver em seus futuros alunos o pensamento criterioso e cuidadoso, que é inseparável da emissão de juízos mais coerentes e ações mais ponderadas. / Considering the recent (re) integration of the discipline of Philosophy in Brazilian elementary school – 2008 – and, similarly, the challenges of an Institutional Scholarship Program Initiation to Teaching (PIBID) – 2007 –, this thesis examines how Pibid of Philosophy at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) is working to encourage undergraduates to develop critical thinking in high school students. The dissertation part of a theoretical and conceptual analysis of the concept of critical thinking – used to justify the teaching of philosophy at primary school – linking it to the idea of exercising the rights of citizenship. It presents factors that motivated the reintegration of Philosophy in Brazilian elementary school and rebate criticism of mandatory teaching of this discipline at this level of education. It revises the tradition of the concept of critical thinking by contributing authors like Rousseau, Dewey, Nussbaum and especially Matthew Lipman. It Presents the results of a case study PIBID linked to the Department of Philosophy at UFRGS. The development of the research took place through observation of group activities, bibliographic and documentary research, questionnaires fellows from initiation to teaching coordinators and teachers, with the latter also we perform unstructured interviews. We find, roughly, that there is a great initiative and hence concern for teachers project coordinators in developing skills able to encourage scholars from initiation to teaching, to become teachers are able to develop in their future students thought that judicious and careful is inseparable from the issue of judgments more consistent and more thoughtful actions.

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...

Cette thèse met en évidence comment le programme de philosophie pour enfants de M. Lipman réintroduit dans les programmes d'éducation l'équivalent de la pratique d'un art libéral - la dialectique - pour favoriser le développement intellectuel des enfants. Nous présentons d'abord le programme de philosophie pour enfants sous l'angle du développement intellectuel. Puis nous examinons comment la tradition de la pratique des arts libéraux peut trouver son fondement théorique dans la logique d'Aristote. Enfin, nous comparons le programme de Lipman avec le cadre d'analyse ainsi établi.