childhood & philosophy  

alessandra lopes,beatriz fabiana olarieta,carla silva

In this dossiê we present ten texts that, from different perspectives, listen to the voice of childhood. Eight of them were selected from papers addressed at the IX Colloquium on Philosophy and Education, with the them "Philosophy and education in wanderi... see more

patricia raquel redondo

This paper presents a political and pedagogical reflection on the education of the working-class childhoods. Part of its content refers to a research work which tries to comprehend if, in Argentina, state schools located in territories traumatically marke... see more

meirilene dos santos araújo barbosa,ana maria monte coelho frota

This work has its origin in a master's research about Brazilian Education. The approach that we present in this text reveals the perspectives of caring perceived in a five-year-olds classroom in the daily life in a municipal center for Early Childhood Edu... see more

luciana pires alves,carmen lúcia vidal pérez

In dialogue with Gilles Deleuze, this article seeks to discuss the ideas of Fernand Deligny and his contributions to think the (re) invention of the school based on children (autistic or not) who present another way of existing in school and in life: thos... see more

talula montiel trindade,sandra regina simonis richter

This writing brings literary reading and schooled childhood closer in order to highlight literature integrated to arts, as an art of the word in Basic Education. The philosophical approach of reading as an experience woven in the link between text and rea... see more

luciana helena monsores,ligia maria motta lima leão de aquino

The present article attempts to systematize some contributions of the philosopher Walter Benjamin with the intention of helping us think about childhood and the education of the working class in a context in which are formulated law propositions like Esco... see more

renato noguera,marcos barreto

This article proposes an unusual approach on childhood and the dynamics of school routine. Starting from the assumption that childhood is a polysemous concept, it invites reflection on the concept of childfication as a possibility of rupture with current ... see more

caroline trapp de queiroz

This article aims to present a methodology developed collectively within the discussions of the “Childhood and Contemporary Culture Research Group”, institutionally linked to the Postgraduate Program in Education of the State University of Rio de Janeiro ... see more

aída scarlette fuentes medina

Childhood, with the passage of time, becomes an obscure passage of our lives. Our main ally to reach it, memory, often fails us, and when we look back we find stories that we cannot precisely place in time, or yet, sometimes, we cannot precisely tell if w... see more

adolfo agundez rodriguez

What we will try to demonstrate in the present article is that the proposal of Philosophy for Children (P4C), regarded holistically and, in particular, in its ethical dimension, can be thought of as a program of moral education. In order to do this, after... see more

enrico postiglione

‘Philosophy for Children’, firstly proposed by Matthew Lipman, aims to nourish both critical thinking and argumentative ability of participants. This model conceives of children as a crucial resource for social development: their thought is supposed to be... see more