Philosophy for Children - L0670

• Title: Philosophy for Children
• Guaranteed by: HTF - Katedra filozofie (28-05)
• Faculty: Hussite Theological Faculty
• Actual: from 2022
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, C [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 28 [hours]
• Capacity: unlimited / unlimited (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Gerald Robert Ostdiek, BA, M.A., Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Gerald Robert Ostdiek, BA, M.A., Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: ThDr. Kateřina Patová (18.08.2022)

This course explores the value of fantasy and story telling in the development of a rational mind. Readings will be selected from the P4C movement, including P. Jesperson and G. Matthews, as well as child psychology, Bruno Bettleheim and Alice Miller, and pedagogic philosophy, esp. John Dewey. Readings, discussions, and writing assignments will focus on the practical applicability of a specific set of epistemological theories.

Literature

Last update: ThDr. Kateřina Patová (18.08.2022)

Primary readings are drawn from the following sources:

Dewey, J. (1896). The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology. Psychological Review 3.

Dewey, J. (1902/2008). The Child and the Curriculum. NY: Cosimo.

Jesperson, P. (1999). Talking Philosophy with Small Children (web).

http://www.buf.no/en/read/txt/?page=pj-enkl-en

Kennedy, D. (1992). Using ‘Peter Rabbit’ as a philosophical text with young children.

Analytic Teaching. Volume 13.

Lipman, M., Sharp, A. M. and Oscanyan, F. S. (1980). Philosophy in the Classroom.

Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.

Matthews, G. (1996). The Philosophy of Childhood. Cambridge: Harvard University.

Miller, A. (1980/2002). For Your own Good. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Potter, B. (1902/2005). The Tale of Peter Rabbit. (web).

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14838/14838-h/14838-h.htm

Potter, B. (1904/2005). The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. (web).

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14407/14407-h/14407-h.htm

Rackow, M. (2002). Wonder and Matter-of-fact meet - The Imagination of Beatrix

Potter. Journal of the Print Word, 25:4.

Smith, P. K. (2010). Children and Play. Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.