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Philosophy With Children In The

School Curriculum

Miloš JeremićPožarevačkagimnazija

Serbia

International Conference "Creativity -Thinking - Philosophy "October 15 - 18, 2009Graz, Austria

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Personal History of The Problem

Požarevačka gimnazija(Grammar School Požarevac) founded in 1862.year 700 students 350 are learning philosophy (16-18years old students)

School subjects logic history of philosophy

1998 to 2000 Traditional school with totalitarianorganization

2000 – Present

Democratization and modernization

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SWOT Analyze

Strengths Weaknesses• education in philosophy

• experience in thinking

• practiced in dialogue

• tolerance

• theoretical spirit

• traditional education

• devoted to traditional philosophy

Opportunities Threats• curiosity of young people

• interesting content

• challenging ideas

• negative student’s motivational

beliefs

• students are often aimed to mark

• obligatory contents of syllabus

• overloaded syllabus (2500 years ofphilosophy in one school year)

• misunderstanding of authorities

• misunderstanding of other teachers

• suspiciousness of parents

• conservative state control of

education

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Students should

• be introduced in basic elements and principlesof thinking

• understand philosophical problems and itssolutions on examples from history of philosophy• understand relation between language andthinking, validity and truth and otherepistemological problems

• be trained to apply science methodology anddevelop their capability to think systematically,independently and critically• understand general theories and humanistictendencies in thinking which determined specific

epoch and consisting basics of contemporaryhumanistic and critical orientation

Global objectives for school subject

“History of Philosophy” (1991)

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Students should

• be introduced in basic elements and principlesof thinking

•  understand philosophical problems and itssolutions on examples from history of philosophy•  understand relation between language andthinking, validity and truth and otherepistemological problems

• be trained to apply science methodology anddevelop their capability to think systematically,independently and critically• understand general theories and humanistictendencies in thinking which determined specific

epoch and consisting basics of contemporaryhumanistic and critical orientation

Global objectives for school subject

“History of Philosophy” (1991)

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Common systematizations of history of 

philosophy in school syllabus

•

by problem – usually according toWindelband, but can be randomly organized

• chronologically – according to Hegel andMarx

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Theoretical

questions

question of being

epistemological question

Practicalquestions

personal happiness

ethics

political philosophy

Aestheticalquestions

problem of taste

philosophy of art hermeneutics

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1.Philosophy – term and idea1.Wise man ideal in ancient Greece1.Wise man – notions and qualities according to

Aristotle

1.Idea of metaphysics1.Aristotle’s concept of metaphysics1.Motives for philosophical inquiry

Idea of Metaphysics(An Example of Educational Topic)

Objective (according to Bloom-Anderson’s taxonomy):Student should generalize idea of metaphysics  understanding of conceptual knowledgeCompetence (according to Matthew Lipman):Student should develop thinking skills – concept-formation and

translation practicing “mega-skills” – reading, writing andlistening

Introduction in philosophyEarly Greek philosophy – Pre-Socratics

Classic Greek philosophyThis topic can also be part of some other part of curriculum, for exampleContem orar Philoso h or German Idealism

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Philosophy inquiry essence of everything in the world Discussion is good because we can correct each other and be 

more successful.Philosophy is thinking about world and things around us Philosophy is looking for solutions for problems which we do 

not have before we start to study philosophy I like philosophy because I can give my own opinion.Philosophy critical thinking about some terms and phenomena,

inquiring its cause Philosophy is talking about everything and say nothing Philosophy is thinking with argumentation Philosophy is science about all and nothing and sometimes it 

leads to destruction Philosophy is good for nothing and I like it because it is good 

for nothing.

Philosophy makes more problems than solutions Philosophy inquiring particularities from general ideas Philosophy allow us to bring out our own thinking and opinions Philosophy makes us doubt about thing we believed Those philosophers speculated about being and nothing. If 

they can speculate I can speculate also. 

Student’s opinions about curriculum