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Didactics of Philosophy I

Code 18022
Year 1
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 9
Workload OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area Didática da Filosofia
Entry requirements Doesn't exist.
Learning outcomes The objectives of the CU are:
1. Develop a significant understanding of the field of Philosophy Didactics;
2. Reflect on the meaning and importance of teaching philosophy in high school;
3. Take a critical stance on the place of philosophical reflection in the context of other secondary education subjects;
4. Justify the public relevance of philosophical rationality and “episteme”;
5. Identify knowledge, skills and attitudes inherent to the content areas and teaching of the subject in secondary education;
6. Determine the context of essential philosophy learning in secondary education;
7. Develop skills in the field of didactic planning;
8. Promote communication skills, a sense of responsibility, punctuality and attendance.
Syllabus 1. The didactic-pedagogical nature of philosophy and the philosophical nature of didactics: justification based on the history of philosophy and the exercise of philosophizing.
2. On the teachability of philosophy. Teaching philosophy and learning to philosophize: the ‘didáskalos’, the pedagogue and the teacher. The preeminence of Socratic-Augustinian pedagogy in the teaching of philosophy. Philosophy from questions: the example of the medieval
“quaestiones disputatae”.
3. From philosophy as “love of wisdom” to “philosophy as knowledge”: philosophical paths in modernity.
4. Essential learnings of philosophy in high school.
5. The problematizing approach to essential learning and the importance of argumentation and conceptualization.
6. Didactic planning: purposes, objectives, skills, content, strategies, resources and evaluation.
Main Bibliography Aprendizagens Essenciais da Filosofia, MEC (2018).
Barata Moura J. (1988). “Em torno da expulsão da Filosofia e da ‘Filosofia’ da expulsão” in A Filosofia Face à Cultura Tecnológica, Coimbra: APF, pp. 30-35.
Boavida J. (1991) Filosofia - do Ser e do Ensinar. Coimbra: Instituto Nacional de Investigação Científica.
Carmo Ferreira M. (1988) “O Lugar da Filosofia no Curriculum do Secundário” in A Filosofia Face à Cultura Tecnológica, Coimbra: APF, pp. 116-124.
Cossuta F., Didáctica da Filosofia – Como Interpretar Textos Filosóficos, (1998), Porto: Edições Asa.
Fabre, M. (2017). Qu’est-ce que problématizer? Paris: Vrin.
Fisher, R., (1998). Teaching Thinking: Philosophical Inquiry in the Classroom. Cassell.
Perfil dos Alunos à Saída da Escolaridade Obrigatória. MEC (2017).
Platão (1985). Êutifron, Apologia de Sócrates, Críton. Lisboa: INCM.
Santo Agostinho (1999). O Mestre. Porto: Porto Editora.
Tomás D’Aquino (2004). Sobre o Ensino (de Magistro). Martins Fontes.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2026-01-09

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