Stručni rad
“Philosophy with Children” and Motivating Children for Learning
Miloš Jeremić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4209-918X
; Kreativna pedagogija Požarevac, Srbija
Sažetak
The teacher plays the crucial role in motivating students. Researches based on McGregor’s understanding on X and Y types of personality serve as a proof of such claim. It is shown that the predominant number of students is a mixed XY type, meaning they require an external motivation. Motivation in teaching is efficient only if a certain need has been induced in a student. Given that the philosophy with children is based exactly on the inducing the need that is called stimulus, students are showing high level of motivation at the workshops organized according to this method. First step is to strengthen the students for the development of a functional autonomy by ensuring the homeostasis of the lower levels (according to Maslow). The community of inquiry enables the feelings of belonging and safety, so the rational reaction to stimulus overcomes the first, emotional one. The principles that have to be followed during the philosophical research are: agenda as the method of work; participants freely represent their ideas and talk about the topics they did not understand; all participants contribute to the work; participants listen to each other; answers should be given in a clear yes/no form; all what happens during the workshop represents the material for a further research; and the teacher never discloses to students his/her own standpoints on the topic of the discussion.
Ključne riječi
philosophy with children; motivation; community of inquiry; competencies
Hrčak ID:
103687
URI
Datum izdavanja:
10.4.2013.
Posjeta: 3.899 *