The Power of Philosophy for Kids
The Power of Philosophy for Kids
H/T Grizwald Grim
Originally shared by George Virginia
http://qz.com/635002/teaching-kids-philosophy-makes-them-smarter-in-math-and-english
H/T Grizwald Grim
Originally shared by George Virginia
http://qz.com/635002/teaching-kids-philosophy-makes-them-smarter-in-math-and-english
David E Garcia Hear! Hear!
ReplyDeleteI would love for these concepts discussed as a unit in my son's public school: "...truth, justice, friendship, and knowledge, with time carved out for silent reflection, question making, question airing, and building on one another’s thoughts and ideas." It happens that my husband minored in philosophy; after reading the article I asked him why, and he said "turning over deep thoughts is fun, and helps in relating to other people."
ReplyDeleteHaving Philosphy introduced as a core subject would help us as educators and teachers help students "how to think" rather than "what to think".
ReplyDeleteIn addition, it would be the best possible way to instill and encourage "soft skills" to surface such as empathy and critical thinking.
After all, it is these skills that will allow the future generation to be able to adapt to the 21st changes of the didital era.
I believe that the The STEM approach is not in the wrong direction , however, education and education systems still find themselves stuck in vicious circle of rigid testing systems and Philosophy is not a "quantifiable" lesson that can easily be subjected to testing.
Jimmy Kouniakis It would, it would!
ReplyDeleteDavid E Garcia We seem to be measuring what is easy to measure in an effort to control and assess teacher performance. The system is geared towards monitoring teachers, it's not really about the students.
ReplyDeleteThere is a fractured relationship of mistrust between policy makers / education systems and teachers.
The real challenge is to TRUST your educators and teachers and invest in a valid portofolio based education where the focus would be on empowering our students to reach their full potential and develop life skills rather than just having knowledge based assesments.
The digital age, however, will impose many changes in education nevertheless.
Let's be optimistic as we might see Philosophy becoming one the focal points in Education Systems in the very near future.