Hög tid att inkludera filosofiska samtal i skolan, Irena Kepczynska

Svensk titel: Hög tid att inkludera ”filosofiska samtal” i skolan.
Inblick i teorier och praktiskt arbete kring filosofi med barn utifrån
värdegrunds- samt demokratiperspektivet.
Engelsk titel: Time to include philosophical dialogues in school.
A glimpse of theories and practical work round philosophy with
children in light of values and democracy.
Författare: Irena Kepczynska
Färdigställd år: VT 2007
Handledare: Liza Haglund & Ann Pihlgren
Examinator: Klas Roth
Abstract:
This is an academically graduate task which deals with philosophical dialogues with children
and youths in school. In this work I present three different ways of “philosophical dialogues”:
deliberative dialogues, Socratic dialogues and philosophical dialogues. Deliberation regard
communication discus here in the light of the system of values and democracy education
process in school.
The purpose behind my study was to systematize the knowledge of the “philosophical
dialogues” in school and into them find out some qualities which could help to light up and to
discus the elementary values as well as they can add to increase the democratic competence
among pupils in their way to grow up.
The question of my study was: In what way can deliberation and “philosophical dialogues”
with children and youths in school light up and questioner elementary values, occurring in our
society, as well as they can increase democratic competence of the pupils.
In my theoretical research I have studied the inquiry within the area of deliberation and
philosophy with children and a few projects which accomplished in Sweden and in other
countries. In this work I even present two dialogues which I carried through in my school.
The result of my study indicates that deliberation and philosophy with children in school can
light up and questioner elementary values as well as they can increase democratic competence
of the pupils. This occurs in different ways and depends of which kind of dialogues we
choose. In dialogue can youths reach a higher level of their conscious and tolerance which can
lead them to reaching a deeper knowledge of themselves.
Deliberation can even bring engagement and higher intention of influence on their future life.
I hope that this study can be receipted as a “new-old” key to the forgotten door which called
insight.
Nyckelord: samtal, filosofi, demokrati, värden, skola, utveckling.