Philosophy of Education

Code: FIL02492L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Philosophy

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

Philosophical questions about education are addressed to concrete situations of school experience and human formation. The questions are organized by thematic groups, focusing on the problems that currently emerge with relevance.

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Igualdade de género - Alcançar a igualdade de gênero e empoderar todas as mulheres e meninas.

Redução das desigualdades - Reduzir as desigualdades dentro dos países e entre eles.

Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis - Tornar as cidades e os assentamentos humanos inclusivos, seguros, resilientes e sustentáveis.

Paz e Justiça - Paz, justiça e instituições eficazes promover sociedades pacíficas e inclusivas par ao desenvolvimento sustentável, proporcionar o acesso à justiça para todos e construir instituições eficazes, responsáveis
e inclusivas em todos os níveis.

Learning Goals

Critical and argumentative competencies: comprehension, interpretation and correlation.

Objectives of the curricular unit:
5. To contextualize historically the relation between Philosophy and Education.
6. To recognize the specificity of philosophical thinking on Education;
7. To identify the main questions about Education on philosophical texts;
8. To consider philosophical applications to Education.

Introduction:
1. The emergence of the relationship between Philosophy and Education. Historical and political context. Concepts analysis and theories.
2. Philosophical thinking into education and its specificity.
3. The status of Philosophy of Education.
1st Question:
What relationship between utopia and ideology: philosophical discourses and the meaning of education.
2nd Question:
What challenges for Philosophy of Education? Three issues:
1. Rejecting the Perfectibility of human nature.
2. Practicing democratic values into Educating City.
3. Reconfiguration identities in a global world. Example: gender studies.
Current problems in Philosophy of Education:
1. Violence
2. Corruption

Teaching Methods

Methodology:
1. The contents of the curricular unit will be presented through philosophical articles or books.
2. Students are encouraged to comment texts and to practice thematic debate.
3. The sharing of personal experiences on educational field will be encouraged during these activities.

Evaluation:
The assessment includes the presentation and discussion in groups of an article from an international journal or from a book (40%) and an individual text chosen from syllabus (60%).