fotografia de Mário Pires

dia 12 de Março
A Filosofia é Trabalhos de Pensar
(para pais e filhos – dos 4 aos 12 anos)
no CCPE (Av. 5 de Outubro, Lisboa)
info: http://www.ccpe.com.pt/content/view/431/34/

[UNESCO recommends] Philosophy teachers and practitioners as well as civil society actors, to:

Exploring new approaches to philosophy teaching

• Develop suitable courses and philosophical fora that foster public awareness on the new social and ethical challenges for humanity while making reference to classical texts and authors belonging to various philosophical corpora;

• Foster critical exploration of the different philosophy schools belonging to Western traditions and to other cultural and intellectual heritages;

• Work with teachers of other disciplines in order to experiment an interdisciplinary approach to philosophy teaching, for instance through introducing philosophical analysis and specifically philosophical topics into existing subject matters in primary and secondary schools;

• Encourage the universities, philosophy departments, research centres on philosophy and human sciences to overcomedisciplinary compartmentalization and to promote more interdisciplinarity on the basis of solid disciplinary knowledge, with a view to reach out to the wider public;

• Use NICTs, when available, to facilitate interactions, active learning methods and international communication, while engaging in conscious and critical reflection on this issue so as to avoid giving youth the feeling that knowledge is a mere juxtaposition of fragmented information ;

• Organize, with the support of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP), specific sessions and workshops during the World Congress of Philosophy that will be dedicated to
philosophy teaching.
 

em Lisboa, na Livraria CABEÇUDOS

BRAGA – UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO |CONVITE À PROPOSTA DE COMUNICAÇÕES E DE SESSÕES PRÁTICAS

A Sociedade Portuguesa de Filosofia, em parceria com o Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade do Minho e com o apoio do Centro de Estudos Humanísticos da mesma universidade, organiza este ano a 9.ª Edição dos Encontros Nacionais de Professores de Filosofia. O encontro deste ano realizar-se-á nos dias 9 e 10 de Setembro, em Braga, e contará com o Prof. Simon Blackburn (Oxford) como orador internacional.

Estão abertas as candidaturas para a apresentação de comunicações em língua portuguesa sobre qualquer tópico de filosofia ou didáctica da filosofia, incluindo ainda propostas de sessões práticas ou workshops nesses âmbitos. As comunicações não devem exceder os 30 minutos, de modo a reservar pelo menos 20 minutos à discussão. As sessões práticas poderão ocupar 50 minutos, desde que seja garantida a oportunidade para a participação do público.

Os candidatos deverão enviar para o endereço spfil@spfil.pt, até 30 de Abril, o título da sua comunicação/sessão prática e um resumo da mesma que não exceda as 500 palavras. Os resumos das propostas de comunicações devem indicar de forma clara a(s) ideia(s) a defender, e incluir um esboço do argumento proposto. Na rubrica “Assunto” da mensagem deverão inscrever “9ºENPF Proposta”. O resumo deverá ser anexo em formato Word ou Pdf e não deverá conter nenhuma referência que permita identificar o autor ou instituições a que este esteja ligado. O mesmo será apreciado sob anonimato, sendo aceites no máximo duas comunicações. A decisão do júri será comunicada aos autores por correio electrónico, até 4 de Maio.

fotografia de Mário Pires



fotografia de Mário Pires: uma visão do Encontro



La Chapelle St André – France – August 1st – 7th 2011

Every summer, in the little village of La Chapelle St André (Burgundy – France), gather about 25-30 persons involved in philosophical practice (students, teachers, professors, counselors, trainers) in order to reflect on their work and improve professionally. For seven days, in English, these philosophy practitioners coming from the five continents will participate to different workshops, lead workshops, analyze and evaluate them, theorize about the different issues involved.

In this context, philosophy is not any more an academic activity centered on the history of ideas, and one does not come simply to narrate what he does in his home country, but get acquainted with the many ways of philosophizing, as an activity constitutive of the mind and the self. Philosophy with children, philosophical consultation, philosophy workshops, Socratic dialogue, etc., one is introduced to the many forms and variants of such an endeavor. It is not so much knowledge that is at stake here, but acquiring and developing skills. How to conceptualize, how to problematize, how to deepen understanding of given ideas, and especially how to create a situation where this activity can be induced, is the main focus of the work.

Of course, Socratic maïeutics is a key methodological point, but as well dialectics, analytics, community of enquiry, constitute as many entries and matrices to define the work. If they wish so, participants can facilitate a workshop, a situation which provides an occasion for a practitioner to show how he works and get some critical feed-back on his work and his methodology, so one becomes more conscious of his own options and activity. Since the atmosphere of this seminar is open, inclined to both rigor and diversity, it creates a context where one can really express his view instead of hiding behind the usual pseudo-consensus where “everything is fine and we are all great”. In this sense, the idea is to recreate the context of antique philosophical schools, or the gymnasium as described by Plato, where one could challenge other’s ideas and himself be challenged. In the peaceful atmosphere of a small French village, accompanied with good food and good wine, walks in the beautiful surrounding woods and visit to the medieval site of Vezelay, one can truly devote himself to philosophical encounters and reflection.

All practitioners interested in presenting their work and holding a workshop during this event are invited to send in their proposal. The purpose of this seminar is to exchange, discover, experiment and develop practices.

This seminar does not require previous philosophical training. It can be an initiation to philosophical practice, or a deepening of the activity. Participants come from different parts of the world, and join for professional or personal reasons, in order to work on a practice that is applicable to many contexts: teaching children or adults, management, individual consultation, N. G. O. activities…

The duration will be one whole week, from August 1st – 7th, and the cost will be 500 EUR, including the workshops, food and accommodation in a private room. For people who are on a tight budget, this can be reduced to 300 EUR if you accept “camping style” accommodation. Our Institute can accept some people free of charge who have financial difficulties, but are highly motivated.

You can read theoretical texts and watch videos of the practice on the following websites – English section:
http://www.brenifier.com/ | http://www.pratiques-philosophiques.com/

If you wish to be informed of the seminar and workshops of the Institute of Philosophical practice, you can send an email to Isabelle Millon at the following address: i.millon@club-internet.fr

divirtam-se a resolver este acróstico.
obrigada ao Paulo Freixinho pela colaboração!