Abstract

NAVA PRECIADO, José María. Teaching philosophy in adolescents based on their interests and concerns. Sophia [online]. 2022, n.33, pp.225-248. ISSN 1390-8626.  https://doi.org/10.17163/soph.n33.2022.08.

This work is based on the interest in finding didactic strategies to promote philosophical disquisition in adolescents from the framework of their own motivations. We start from assuming that, based on their concerns, the students’ reasoning has a clear philosophical nuance. The aim is to explore the ordinary questions these young people have about the oddities of the world, and about themselves, as the necessary basis for building a philosophy teaching project that is shaped from their own voice. The exercise was carried out with young people from five preparatory schools in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico, for this we used the art of deliberation as a tool, because it puts reasoning and the word into play. We find that their concerns are related to their life project, their identities, sexuality, insecurity, among other things; that is, controversial issues to practice with adolescents the art of thinking. In addition, we believe, based on the issues that concern them, that the conditions are in place to develop their rhetorical and argumentative capacity. Finally, from their interrogations and interpellations, it is possible to think about the construction of an agenda for the teaching of philosophy in our schools, defining problems and topics of interest from the adolescent’s world and life.

Keywords : Adolescent; interest; everyday life; teaching; philosophy; thinking.

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