Burkard, Anne (2017). Everyone Just Has Their Own Opinion: Assessing Strategies for Reacting to Students' Scepticism about Philosophy. Teach Philos., 40 (3). S. 297 - 323. CHARLOTTESVILLE: PHILOSOPHY DOCUMENTATION CENTER. ISSN 2153-6619
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This article discusses strategies for responding to students' metaphilosophical scepticism. It includes responses to a survey which asked philosophy teachers about their experiences with various forms of scepticism in their classrooms. In specifying the phenomenon, I point out features which often characterise introductory philosophy courses both in secondary schools and at the university level. I argue that these features make student scepticism particularly challenging. Secondly, I describe a central objective of doing philosophy, and highlight three basic pedagogical principles. I argue that this objective and these principles should function as criteria for assessing strategies which teachers might adopt in reaction to metaphilosophical scepticism. Thirdly, I discuss several such strategies with reference to the proposed principles and the features which are characteristic of introductory courses. I argue that especially strategies which encourage students to philosophise themselves are recommendable. Furthermore, I point out some opportunities which student scepticism offers for enriching classroom discussions and for deepening students' understanding of philosophy.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-218061 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.5840/teachphil2017101773 | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Teach Philos. | ||||||||
| Volume: | 40 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | S. 297 - 323 | ||||||||
| Date: | 2017 | ||||||||
| Publisher: | PHILOSOPHY DOCUMENTATION CENTER | ||||||||
| Place of Publication: | CHARLOTTESVILLE | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2153-6619 | ||||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||||
| Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Subjects: | no entry | ||||||||
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| Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||
| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/21806 |
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