Philosophy classes

PHILOSOPHY CLASSES

In my philosophy classes I present activities related to the curriculum but I always link them with everyday events or with situations that are meaningful for my students, because otherwise it would be impossible for the students to express their opinions with sincerity.
Honesty is the most important thing in my philosophy classes. It is a very complicated aspect of teaching because everywhere you "lie" or do not say things with the necessary rigor so that people can build an opinion.
In Barcelona, ​​a historical moment is currently being lived, and although in my classes I try to introduce elements of distraction, when I ask my students for a definition about Holocaust, for example, the concern for "truth" is always present. The way I comment on my students' interventions is always looking to integrate and relativize the thought we say "right". This is sometimes very difficult, because students are in the process of learning the emotional management of their feelings and do not accept easily the comments of the teacher, no matter how neutral or academic I may present them.

The collaboration between the students is usually good because when they prepare the topic of discussion they are relaxed because they have a lot of freedom. The problem arises when they must integrate the official opinion on the definition of life, for example, with their opinions. What is most difficult for them is to understand that it is not possible to do philosophy without an honest attitude towards themselves and their colleagues.

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Comments Snezana Bogavac Mihajlovic

I find your work in line with PBL very interesting, it is a very original work and I suppose that it is highly valued by your students. I am a philosophy teacher and I like to work with PBL "live", that is, through class discussions and where students can interact "in reality". However, I believe that the work you do is really useful for students because communications in the not too distant future will be like that and students like technology a lot. I also think that although the presence is virtual, telematic communication is very valid because the student has to "think" more when communicating through a technology. I have worked for many years teaching languages and I am of the opinion that the quality of communication is better when people have to control another variable, for example a digital technology or a language other than the mother tongue.
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