Abstract

VARGAS GUILLEN, Germán; MELENDEZ ACUNA, Raúl Ernesto  and  HERRERA ROMERO, Wilson Ricardo. Experience and Problems. Education for Citizenship and Philosophy Teaching. Pedagogía y Saberes [online]. 2017, n.47, pp.65-77. ISSN 0121-2494.

This reflection article starts from the questions on how and why philosophy should be taught. It problematizes the scopes of teaching philosophy with regards to the scopes of education and, specifically, of democracy. The thesis is that a philosophical education is the foundation of a citizen education, insofar as it puts the subjects in a position to reflect about themselves, their environment, and their relationship with others. The paper is divided in three parts: the first one presents the goals of education as a source of meaning in the teaching of philosophy in terms of a philosophical education; the second part analyzes the scope of the concept of experience as the articulating axis of the two poles (problems and critical thinking) that strain philosophical education; and the third part that shows a conclusions, present how this tension (problems and critical thinking) can be implemented inside the classroom of basic education.

Keywords : training; democracy; purposes of education; critical thinking; learning environments.

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