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This article is an exploration of a democratic school where the author spent several years researching and engaging with teachers and students while investigating the practice of Philosophy for/with Children (P4C) within Irish Educate Together schools. I offer an account of how teachers in these contexts seek to reconcile and harmonise their P4C practice with their own educational and democratic outlooks. These perspectives were uncovered through a ‘lived enquiry’ study involving deep immersion in the day‐to‐day life of a school as a researcher and P4C practitioner. Teachers seeking to reconcile their practice with their views in this context resulted in the children in their classrooms learning through democratic processes, where democracy is not merely prescribed, but instead becomes a way of life. By drawing upon excerpts of teacher interview data from my doctoral studies, I suggest that there is a ‘rough ground’ of practice where diverse and unique perspectives can be revealed when lived, deeply immersive and sensitive approaches are taken towards practitioners and their communities. The intertwining of Educate Together and P4C philosophies of education is explored, with particular emphasis on the notion of child‐centredness, dialogue and philosophical enquiry with children. Expanding on the democratic educational ideas of Biesta and Fielding, I argue that there is a deeply contextual and philosophically compelling connection between teachers engaging in P4C, the atmosphere or environment in which dialogue with children can occur and a different understanding of democracy through education that may result.
This article is an exploration of a democratic school where the author spent several years researching and engaging with teachers and students while investigating the practice of Philosophy for/with Children (P4C) within Irish Educate Together schools. I offer an account of how teachers in these contexts seek to reconcile and harmonise their P4C practice with their own educational and democratic outlooks. These perspectives were uncovered through a ‘lived enquiry’ study involving deep immersion in the day‐to‐day life of a school as a researcher and P4C practitioner. Teachers seeking to reconcile their practice with their views in this context resulted in the children in their classrooms learning through democratic processes, where democracy is not merely prescribed, but instead becomes a way of life. By drawing upon excerpts of teacher interview data from my doctoral studies, I suggest that there is a ‘rough ground’ of practice where diverse and unique perspectives can be revealed when lived, deeply immersive and sensitive approaches are taken towards practitioners and their communities. The intertwining of Educate Together and P4C philosophies of education is explored, with particular emphasis on the notion of child‐centredness, dialogue and philosophical enquiry with children. Expanding on the democratic educational ideas of Biesta and Fielding, I argue that there is a deeply contextual and philosophically compelling connection between teachers engaging in P4C, the atmosphere or environment in which dialogue with children can occur and a different understanding of democracy through education that may result.
Given the current unstable worldwide conditions, school is considered an essential component for the empowerment of students’ life skills, the construction of harmonious relationships with peers and their transformation through adulthood, so that they can be ready to undertake the role of active citizen in society. This paper attempts to describe a collaborative project concerning three research areas as three separate studies: resiliency, peer mediation and citizenship education. The project consists of teaching interventions which were orchestrated for the infusion of the above components in the school curriculum aiming at students’ emotional and conflict resolution skills as well as the promotion of their democratic role. Students of primary and secondary education from preadolescence to the culmination of adolescence participated in the project. Research findings suggest that school should focus on factors relating to students’ emotional and social development which may successfully set the stage for improved academic performance and a responsible, democratic role towards society. These objectives are aligned with the principles of Critical Pedagogy focusing on students’ emancipation, the acquisition of a values set and their readiness to act in the direction of common good equipped with critical thinking skills, empathy, and respect towards divergence.
Resumen. Se presentan los resultados y las conclusiones derivadas de un estudio de caso que investiga el enfoque pedagógico de Proyectos de Trabajo (en adelante, PT), para valorar la naturaleza de las interacciones que acontecen entre el alumnado cuando se encuentra inmerso en este ambiente de aprendizaje. Las maestras de Educación Infantil que integran el caso objeto de investigación son expertas en esta óptica metodológica. Se ha empleado un método de naturaleza cualitativa. Buscando una triangulación de técnicas de recogida de información, se ha utilizado la observación participante y los diarios de prácticas de alumnas de 4º de Grado. Al término de la investigación, los PT se revelan como un paradigma educativo que brinda incontables oportunidades de interacción entre iguales. La autonomía de la que gozan los niños y las niñas, los sitúa en calidad de referentes para sus semejantes, motivando su proceder prosocial. Por último, los PT invitan a los pequeños a adoptar el rol de coaprendices, implicándose activamente en el aprendizaje de sus compañeros y compañeras. Palabras clave: desarrollo social, interacción social, proyectos de trabajo, educación infantil, estudio de caso. [en] Early Childhood Education classrooms when implementing Work Projects' Methodology. Social interaction among peers as a learning tool Abstract. Here are presented the findings and conclusions from a case study that aims to deeply understand about Work Projects´ methodology (hereinafter, WP) and its influence in the nature of social interaction among children within this particular learning environment. Early Childhood Education teachers who integrate the case are well experienced in applying such pedagogical approach. The method is qualitative and, in order to achieve a triangulation of techniques to seek information, a participant observation process has been carried out, and pre-service teachers´ diaries have been analyzed. At the end of the research, WP is seen as an educational paradigm which offers children 1 Este trabajo se incluye en un proyecto de investigación más amplio desarrollado al amparo de la Asociación RIECU, integrada por profesionales de Educación Infantil de las escuelas, el Centro de Profesorado y la Universidad de Córdoba. Participan en este estudio dos maestras con su alumnado de 5 años perteneciente al CEIP Luis de Góngora (Almodóvar del Río, Córdoba).
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