Knowing and knowing how to apply the main education methods for teaching philosophy as critical knowledge and knowing how to problematize and discuss it from a conceptual and theoretical point of view.

The course aims to provide an initial overview of the main theoretical orientations of philosophy teaching, providing general knowledge about the most widespread teaching methods used in the philosophical field. In addition to the philosophy in the upper secondary School, during the lessons we will mention “Philosopy for children”, philosophy for adults, the experience of philosophy in prison and the practice of philosophical popularization, with particular attention to the interconnections between philosophy and the human and social sciences. 

The contents of the course will be dealt with (except for didactic needs that take over due to the dialogic nature of the disciplin) according to the order indicated below:

01. Introductory lesson. Presentation of the teaching.

01.01. The usefulness of "useless knowledge" in a lectio magistralis by N. Ordine in Urbino (a.y. 2013-14).

01. 02. What does it mean to teach philosophy? Discussion with the students starting from the lectio magistralis of N.Ordine

02. Reading and commenting on passages from "classics of philosophy" on the theme of its usefulness (or not)

02.01. M. Nussbaum, R. Tagore and the “Socratic pedagogy”. Why democracy needs the Hunanities?

02.03. Philosophy and complexity. Relationship between philosophical and scientific knowledge

03. A brief history of the teaching of philosophy in Italy

03.01. Gentile and De Vecchi

03. 02: From the Brocca programs to the 2010 guidelines

03.03: Philosophy in high schools: general profile and specific skills

04. The teaching of philosophy in Europe

04.01. Analytical and continental

04.02. The French, German, Spanish and Anglo-Saxon “model”

04.03: Orality and writing in philosophy teaching

05. The different types of lessons

05.01: From frontal lesson to innovative teaching; lights and shadows of the "Dad"

05.02: The "confilosofare", "testo" and "cotesto" in the proposal of M.Trombino

05.03. The "didactics for words" and the "critique" of historicism according to A.Gaiani

06: Philosophy and life

06.01: Philosophy for children in M. Lipman's curriculum

06.02: Philosophy in prison: experiences and reflections; the "philosophical coffee"; the "philosophy for community" (hints)

06.03: Final discussion with the students (also starting from their scheduled interventions in class). Conclusion of the course.

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Knowledge and understanding:

The graduates must be able to: comprehend and illustrate elementary and intermediate philosophical material; deal with classical problems from history of philosophy and logic; use bibliographical and informational instruments that are relevant to the subject; know the problems of the subject.

Applying knowledge and understanding:

The graduates must be able to professionally debate and use the knowledge in adequate situations, such as teaching and doing research.

Making judgements:

The graduates must be able to demonstrate judging autonomy when valuating data and when applying theoretical elements in real situations. 

Communication skills:

Graduates must be able to communicate and express contents, ideas and problems relating to the specific disciplinary sector effectively, with particular attention to clarity of presentation.

Learning skills:

Graduates must demonstrate the ability to study, learn and organize work independently.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

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Teaching

Lectures, seminars, exercises.

Innovative teaching methods

- Debate

- Learnig by doing

Attendance

It is required a regular attendance to the course (equal to AT LEAST 2/3 of the lectures). If the student does not attend to the course, he must refer, for the course material, to the "NO attendance" section.  

Course books

 

-  A. Caputo, Manuale di didattica della filosofia, Armando Editore, Roma 2019. 

 On specific issues it is useful to view the teaching section of the “Bollettino della Società Filosofica Italiana” (https://www.sfi.it/258/bollettino.html) and, in particular, the contributions included in the telematics journal “Comunicazione filosofica” (https://www.sfi.it/259/comunicazione-filosofica.html).

Assessment

Oral exam. Optional essay which has to be agreed upon with the lecturer in advance.  

The evaluation criteria for the examination will be the following:

-  Relevance and effectiveness of the responses with reference to the contents of the course’s program;

-  Complexity of the responses;

-  Adequacy of the technical language of the discipline.

The final evaluation will be expressed in thirtieths according to the following scale: 30 and praise = excellent; 30 = very good / excellent; 27-29 = good; 24-26 = discrete; 21-23 = sufficient; 18-21 = just enough. The exam is not passed when the essential knowledge is not acquired, the understanding and re-elaboration of the learned contents is poor and the disciplinary lexicon is not proper. 

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Independent study.

Attendance

It is required that the student makes contact with the lecturer AT LEAST two months in advance.  

Course books

In order to give non-attending students the opportunity to compensate for what has been done during the lectures with independent study, the the following study texts referring to the same programme content are indicated in order to promote full understanding.

Following their interests, NON-PARTICIPANTING STUDENTS will therefore ADD to the course books (see above) ONE of the following texts:

- A. Caputo, Filosofia e istituti tecnici. Esperienze e questioni, Mimesis, Milano, 2023.

- F. Condello, La scuola giusta. In difesa del Liceo Classico, Mondadori, Milano, 2018.

- G. Deleuze - F. Guattari, Che cos’è la filosofia, tr.it. Einaudi, Torino, 1996 sgg.(reading recommended only to those who come from previous philosophical studies).

- A. Gaiani, Il pensiero e la storia. L’insegnamento della filosofia in Italia, Cleup, Padova, 2012.

- M. Nussbaum, Non per profitto: perché le democrazie hanno bisogno della cultura umanistica, tr.  it. Il Mulino, Bologna 2011  

- M. Mugnai, Come NON  insegnare filosofia, Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano 2023

- M. Recalcati, L’ora di lezione. Per un’erotica dell’insegnamento, Einaudi, Torino 2014.

- M. R. Tomasello, La palestra del pensiero. Riflessioni ed esperienze con la Philosophy for children, Affinità elettive, Ancona 2022.

 On specific issues it is useful to view the teaching section of the “Bollettino della Società Filosofica Italiana” (https://www.sfi.it/258/bollettino.html) and, in particular, the contributions included in the telematics journal “Comunicazione filosofica” (https://www.sfi.it/259/comunicazione-filosofica.html).

Assessment

Oral exam. Optional essay which has to be agreed upon with the lecturer in advance.

The evaluation criteria for the examination will be the following:

-  Relevance and effectiveness of the responses with reference to the contents of the course’s program;

-  Complexity of the responses;

-  Adequacy of the technical language of the discipline.

The final evaluation will be expressed in thirtieths according to the following scale: 30 and praise = excellent; 30 = very good / excellent; 27-29 = good; 24-26 = discrete; 21-23 = sufficient; 18-21 = just enough. The exam is not passed when the essential knowledge is not acquired, the understanding and re-elaboration of the learned contents is poor and the disciplinary lexicon is not proper. 

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

The lecturer is at disposal for every student during the indicated office hours. You can make contact with the lecturer for every clarification, information and further bibliographical indications concerning the course, especially for non-participating students.