Practical Philosophy in education: philosophy & praxis of dialogue/discussion
Listening as a political practice in dissonant democracies
Dialogue as a hermeneutical and communicational strategy in philosophical discourse – Plato and Gadamer
Nurturing the dialogue through literature and children's literature
Migrant people in children's Philosophy and literature
Education, republicanism, citizenship
Communities of Sharing through Personal Expression and Active Listening
Grooving Education: learning to improvise through different languages
Practical Philosophy in education: philosophy & praxis of dialogue/discussion
University of the Aegean (UAegean)
Laboratory of Research on Practical Philosophy (L.R.P.Ph.)
Department of Preschool Education Sciences & Educational Design
Coordinator οf the Blended Intensive Program
Prof. Elena Theodoropoulou
Directress of the L.R.P.Ph.
Supporting material in English:
Theodoropoulou, E., «Philosophy, Philosophy for Children, and Educational Aims: Affinities, Parallelisms and Exclusions», in: Marsal, E., Dobashi, T. Weber B. (Hrsg.) Children Philosophize Worldwide: Theoretical and Practical Concepts, Hodos – Wege bildungsbezogener Ethikforschung in Philosophie und Theologie herausgegeben vom Institut für Philosophie und Theologie, University of Education, Karlsruhe, Germany, Band 9, 2010, pp. 559-565 (click here)
Theodoropoulou, E., «The problematization effect and its double gestures», in: Strand, T., Papastefanou, M. (eds), Philosophy of Education as a Lived Experience: Navigating Through Dichotomies of Thought and Action, Germany: Verlag, 2014, pp. 135-152 (click here)
Theodoropoulou, E., «Philosophy of education: ways of presence and absence – from congruence to common sense and back», in: Pereira, P.-Ch. (coord.), L’espace public. Variations critiques sur l’urbanité / Espaço publico. Variaçοes crίtic as sobre a urbanidade, Porto: Ediçoes Afrontamento/ FCT, 2013, pp .67-93 (click here)
Theodoropoulou, E., «The emergence of emergent philosophizing: preliminary notes» (in collab. with Nikolidaki, S.), Childhood & Philosophy, v. 13, n. 26, Jan.-Apr., 2017, pp. 153-1 (click here)
Theodoropoulou, E., ‘Some-thing inside it»: Philosophy everywhere (?). Philosophical findings in literature paths», Diotime, Revue Internationale de didactique de la philosophie, n° 77 (juillet 2018) (click here)
Theodoropoulou, E., «Foreward: the gesture of practical philosophy», in: Theodoropoulou E. (dir.) Proceedings of the 1rst International Biennale of Practical Philosophy. Philosophy in praxis. The philosophical gesture: political, ethical, educational, artistic engagements, Rhodes: Ed. Laboratory of Research in Practical Philosophy (L.R.P.Ph.), University of the Aegean, 2019, pp. 34-50 (click here)
Theodoropoulou, E., «The Illusions of dialogue: dialogical experience in the classroom», Ιntroduction in: A. A. Petrou & G. Hadjivassili (coord.), Thinking in Philosophy for Children: Dialogue and Perspectives, Athens: Diadrassi, pp. 55-67, 2022 (click here)
For the support of the Workshop: “Discussion/Dialogue in Films. Views & interpretations”, s. the file Plot Summaries, here)
Listening as a political practice in dissonant democracies
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal (UAC)
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais E Humanas
Academic Coordinator
Prof. Magda Costa Carvalho
Barthes, R., Le bruissement de la langue, Paris: Seuil, 1984 (click here).
Bickford, S., The Dissonance of Democracy: Listening, Conflict, and Citizenship, Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1996 (click here).
Dialogue as a hermeneutical and communicational strategy in philosophical discourse – Plato and Gadamer
Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania (ΒΒU)
Faculty of History and Philosophy, Department of Philosophy
Academic Coordinator
Dr. Stefan-Sebastian Maftei, Assistant Prof.
Harrington, Au., Hermeneutic Dialogue and Social Science. A critique of Gadamer and Habermas, NY: Routledge, 2001 (click here)
Plato, “Phaedrus”, in: Plato (1914), Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, trans. by Fowler, H.N., Introduction by Lamb W.R.M. (Loeb Classical Library 36), Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press (click here)
Plato, “Philebus”, in: Plato (1925), Statesman, Philebus, Ion, trans. by Fowler, H.N., Introduction by Lamb W.R.M. (Loeb Classical Library 164), Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press (click here)
Gadamer, H., G., Plato’s Dialectical Ethics. Phenomenological Interpretations Relating to the Philebus, trans. & introd. by Wallace, R., M., New Haven: Yale UP, 1991 (click here)
Gadamer, H., G., Truth and Method, 2nd., rev. edition, transl. revised by Weinsheimer, J. and Marshall, D., G., London: Sheed & Ward, 2001 (click here)
Marcová, Iv., The Dialogical Mind. Common Sense and Ethics, Cambridge UK: Cambridge UP, 2016 (click here)
Nurturing the dialogue through literature and children's literature
Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy (UniBg)
Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e Sociali,
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: Storia della Pedagogia
Academic Coordinator
Dr. Alessandra Mazzini, Assistant Prof.
Migrant people in children's Philosophy and literature
Université de Bordeaux, France (UB)
Institut National du Professorat et de l’Éducation de l’Académie de Bordeaux
Academic Coordinator
Dr. Stéphanie Péraud-Puigségur, MCF
Péraud-Puigségur, St., “Le poison lent des faux dialogues en éducation”, in: Quintin, J. (dir.), Le dialogue dans l’acte éducatif et la relation de soin, Montréal: Liber, 2016, pp. 91-109 (click here)
Péraud-Puigségur, St., “Penser la fraternité pour éduquer le citoyen à la lumière de l’oeuvre de Martha Nussbaum”, Tréma, Fraternité en éducation, éducation à la fraternité, 53, 2020, pp. 1-15 (click here)
Lagrange, Cr., De la terre à la pluie, Seuil: Seuil Jeunesse, 2017 (click here)
Dubois, Cl., K., Akim court, Pastel l’école des loisirs, 2012 (click here)
Calderon, J., M., M. & Pedro, J., M., Au pays de mon ballon rouge, trans. by Serres, A., Rue du monde, 2011 (click here)
Alméras, Cl., Un autre rivage, Paris: Gallimard Jeunesse, 2022 (click here)
Couichoux, R., La Bille d’Idriss, Rue du monde, 2017 (click here)
Education, republicanism, citizenship
Université de Bordeaux, France (UB)
Institut National du Professorat et de l’Éducation de l’Académie de Bordeaux
Academic Coordinator
Prof. Christophe Miqueu
Bentouhami, H. & Miqueu, C. (dir.), Conflits et démocratie. Quel nouvel espace public ?, Paris: L’Harmattan, Éditeur, 2010, Collection “Pouvoirs comparés” dirigée par Michel Berges, professeur des universités, agrégé de science politique, Université de Bordeaux IV Montesquieu (click here)
Miqueu, C., “Apprendre à philosopher et découvrir la citoyenneté à partir du Contrat social“, L’enseignement philosophique, 59 e année, Numéro 2, 2009, pp. 35-56 (click here)
Miqueu, C., “Le Republicanisme presentation d’un chamo de recherches en philosophie politique”, KLESIS – Revue Philosophique: Recherches en philosophie politique, Septembre 2006 (click here)
Communities of Sharing through Personal Expression and Active Listening
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal (UC)
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences
Academic Coordinator
Prof. Carlos Francisco de Sousa Reis
Reis, C., R., Formosinho, M. & Jesus, P., “Rescuing the ghost from the machine: towards responsive education and beyond explanatory machinery systems”, International Journal on Lifelong Education and Leadership, 2(1), 2016, pp. 7-15 (click here)
Grooving Education: learning to improvise through different languages
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy (UniPD)
Dipartimento di Filosofia, Sociologia, Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata (FISPPA)
Academic Coordinators
Dr. Eleonora Zorzi & Prof. Marina Santi
Shem-Tov, N., “Improvisational Teaching as Mode of Knowing”, The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 45, Number 3, Fall 2011, pp. 103-113 (click here)
Santi. M., “Education as Jazz: A framework to escape the monologue of teaching and learning”, in: Santi. M. & Zorzi, E. (ed.), Education as Jazz: Interdisciplinary Sketches on a New Metaphor, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016, pp. 03-28 (click here)
Zorzi, E., & Santi, M., “Improvising inquiry in the community: the teacher’s profile”, Childhood & Philosophy, Rio de Janeiro, v. 16, Mar. 2020, pp. 01-17 (click here)
Zorzi, E. & Santi, M., “How to generate (educate) an inquiring -jazzing community: free and open suggestions from an international workshop (ICPIC 2022)”, Childhood & Philosophy, Rio de Janeiro, v. 19, Abr. 2023, pp. 01- 22 (click here)