Published: 2018-04-06

Erudition as an objective of school philosophical education

Marcin Trepczyński
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Articles and essays
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2018.1.17

Abstract

Erudition can be one of objectives of school philosophical education. Philosophy teachers in secondary schools in Poland who in 2014 took part in a nationwide research on teaching philosophy in lower and upper secondary schools (data were collected from 88% of headmasters from all the schools in Poland where philosophy was taught and 79% of teachers from these schools), asked to assess the importance of several educational objectives within philosophical education (on the scale 0-5), gave a relatively low rating to erudition. Despite this fact teachers to some extent appreciate erudition as a goal of philosophical education, which corresponds with the answers of the headmasters. The interviews conducted with 15 teachers and 15 headmasters show that they appreciate erudition in a deeper meaning, which is not a purely “encyclopedic” knowledge, but refers to a well understood knowledge being a basis for personal development, skills development and a starting point for posing questions.

Keywords:

philosophy, philosophy teaching, school philosophical education, erudition, teaching objectives, learning outcomes, knowledge, skills

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Trepczyński, M. (2018). Erudition as an objective of school philosophical education. Pedagogical Forum, 8(1), 251–271. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2018.1.17

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