Philosophy for/with children, Teacher training, and Value transmission : Contradictions, problems and a solution

• Some educational systems include a value transmission approach to moral education, which includes an aim to foster pupils into accepting a predetermined set of core values. Lipman, on the other hand, described P4C as an educational program which deals with the fostering of procedural values, but not substantive moral values (Lipman et al., 1980). This poses a problem for including a Philosophy for/with children approach into teacher education, since teacher students might find it difficult to fulfill both of these conflicting aims simultaneously.In this chapter, it is argued that Philosophy for/with children is indeed incompatible with value transmission. But, instead of rejecting Philosophy for/with children in teacher education, it is argued that there is a way of approaching moral education that is superior to value transmission, namely a dialogic approach under which Philosophy for/with children is not only possible, but a strong candidate for a reasonable way to treat moral matters in school. Hence, a potential obstacle for including Philosophy for/with children in teacher education is removed, and a strong argument for its inclusion is provided.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Filosofi (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- Philosophy (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogy (hsv//eng)

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Philosophy

Ethics

Philosophy of Education

Philosophy with Children

Teacher education

Pedagogy

dialogue

education

critical thinking

Filosofi

Filosofi med barn

etik

lärarutbildning

pedagogik

värdegrund

dialog

utbildningsfilosof

kritiskt tänkande

Pedagogik

Education

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