Die Schule wird zu einem völlig anderen Ort, wenn man die Kinder zum eigenständigen Denken ermutigt. Und warum dieser Wandel? Weil es plötzlich nicht mehr darum geht, in kürzester Zeit möglichst viel Wissen in die Kinder hineinzustopfen, sondern darum, ihnen ein Forum zu geben, in dem die gemeinsame Diskussion an erster Stelle steht.Ich hab mich gefreut: Toll, endlich mal wieder was, was weg von Schule als Nürnberger Trichter führt.
Sunday, 15.01.2006
Kinder-Philosophie
Roswitha Wiesheu, Barbara Weber, Karlfriedrich Herb beginnen ihr statement so:
Die Initiative “Kinder philosophieren” wurde 2003 von Roswitha Wiesheu und Prof. Dr. Karlfriedrich Herb ins Leben gerufen. Ihr Ziel ist die fächerübergreifende Implementierung des Philosophierens vermittels philosophischer Methoden an Kindergärten, Schulen und Horten zum Ziele der Persönlichkeitsentwicklung, Sinnorientierung sowie der Stärkung von Dialog- und Demokratiefähigkeit.Für mich der garstige betrügerische Ansatz: So wie zu Zonenzeiten am Ende der "Philosophieausbildung" der gefestigte Klassenstandpunkt rauskommen sollte, muss jetzt Philosophie am Ende Demokratiefähigkeit ausspucken.
Der Ansatz von Maughn Gregory (Montclair/USA), der sich für mich mehr libertär anhört, liest sich ganz anders:
The preference sometimes voiced by parents that their children not discuss issues like religion, sex and politics in school settings is usually based on two concerns: that certain substantive positions on these issues will be seen by the children to be endorsed by the school, and that children who are permitted to question or think critically about their own or their family’s religious, moral or political beliefs, might end up abandoning those beliefs. The first concern is especially troubling to parents who believe that it is not the (public) school’s business to shape children’s beliefs about such private moral issues. The second concern is especially troubling to parents who believe in their own exclusive right to shape their children’s moral beliefs.
Philosophy for Children (P4C) is in agreement with the first of these beliefs: Endorsement of particular religious, moral or political beliefs by a school is both politically and pedagogically misguided. The goal of helping children learn to “self-correct” through careful inquiry is impossible to achieve when teachers tell children what to think about such issues. For this reason, P4C facilitators must learn to direct children to think carefully, to consider each other’s ideas fairly, and to follow the inquiry in the direction of the best evidence and strongest arguments, but without guiding them to pre-determined conclusions. In our experience, parents who are well informed about the practice and the materials of P4C find that far from being a potential vehicle of indoctrination, the program helps their children learn to protect themselves from indoctrination - including the lure of advertising and peer pressure - by learning to become, as Matthew Lipman wrote, “the guardians of their own virtue.”
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