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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789735803321

Titolo

Philosophy for children in transition [[electronic resource] ] : problems and prospects / / edited by Nancy Vansieleghem and David Kennedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, 2012

ISBN

1-4443-6228-3

1-283-40780-9

9786613407801

1-4443-6227-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Journal of philosophy of education book series

Altri autori (Persone)

VansieleghemNancy

KennedyDavid <1943->

Disciplina

108.3

Soggetti

Children and philosophy

Early childhood education - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface / Paul Standish -- What is philosophy for children, what is philosophyÿ with children after matthew lipman -- The experience of childhood and the learning society : allowing the child to be philosophical and philosophy to be childish -- Philosophy for children and its critics : a mendham dialogue -- The play of socratic dialogue -- Childhood, philosophy and play : friedrich schiller and the interface between reason, passion, and sensation -- Transindividuality and philosophical enquiry in schools : a spinozist perspective -- Community of philosophical inquiry as a discursive structure, and its role in school curriculum design -- The provocation of an epistemological shift in teacher education through philosophy with children -- Philosophy, exposure, and children : how to resist the instrumentalisation of philosophy in education -- Philosophy with children as an exercise in parrhesia : an account of a philosophical experiment with children in cambodia -- Childhood, education and philosophy : notes on deterritorialisation -- "In charge of the truffula seeds?" : on children's literature, rationality and children's voices in philosophy -- Brilliance of a fire : innocence, experience and the theory



of childhood.

Sommario/riassunto

Philosophy for Children in Transition presents a diverse collection of perspectives on the worldwide educational movement of philosophy for children. Educators and philosophers establish the relationship between philosophy and the child, and clarify the significance of that relationship for teaching and learning today.The papers present a diverse range of perspectives, problems and tentative prospects concerning the theory and practice of Philosophy for Children todayThe collection familiarises an actual educational practice that is steadily gaining importance in the field o