Teaching code

4S007342

Teacher

Alessandra Pantano

Coordinator

Alessandra Pantano

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

• Didactical Methods in teaching Philosophy of the course Master's degree in Philosophy

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/06 - HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

Period

Sem. 1A dal Sep 22, 2025 al Oct 31, 2025.

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

Didactical Methods of Teaching Philosophy: We aim at acquiring cognitive and hermeneutical competencies: a) about the most prominent discussions, within the Western history of philosophy, on teaching philosophy and ‘making philosophy’ with others; b) about the recent Italian debates on teaching philosophy, with reference to demands of philosophical education also in extra-scholastic contexts, with proper distinctions of recipients, philosophical demands and didactical contexts; c) about documents and and different ways useful for teaching philosophy. We will also try to encourage students' seminar as well, in order to improve students’ skills to organise real lessons on the on topics chosen by the students themselves.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No prerequisites

Program

What does it mean to teach philosophy? The course starts from an essential question: what does it mean to teach philosophy? To address it, we will analyze some texts by Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze, philosophers who have reflected, starting from their experience, on the meaning of the transmission of knowledge and on the role of the teacher as a figure capable of reawakening the philosophical question. Through Bergson's texts - Specialization, Politesse, Common Sense and Classical Studies, Intelligence (in MT Russo, Henri Bergson educator. Intellectual virtues, teaching, humanistic knowledge, Armando Editore, Rome 2021, pp. 132-162) - we will highlight the intellectual virtues involved in the act of teaching, between rigor, openness and live contact with thought. Deleuze's texts, which will be provided during the lessons, will allow us to further explore the connection between philosophy and conceptual creation. At the end of the course, the section dedicated to philosophy in the National Guidelines (2010) will be analysed, in order to critically question the regulatory framework and its implications for teaching.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

• Frontal lessons • Reading of texts in class • Simulation of lessons. The simulation is planned in the second part of the course. On a voluntary basis, students attending will be invited to simulate a lesson to be delivered in a class to give them the opportunity to measure themselves with a teaching method. Discussions on the relevant issues of the course. During the entire course, moments of discussion will be encouraged following the stimuli that the phases of the course offer.

Learning assessment procedures

Oral exam

Evaluation criteria

The evaluation criteria are the following: 1) possession of the fundamental concepts; 2) ability to present clearly and with proper language; 3) ability to analyze texts; 4) autonomy of thought.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final grade will be expressed in thirtieths and will be the result of a synthetic judgment, which takes into account all the evaluation criteria in line with the nature and specificities of the discipline.

Exam language

italiano

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