Introduction to this Issue: the Betzavta Method and Democracy – On an Experimental Project in Academic Didactics of Philosophy

Journal Title: Studies in Global Ethics and Global Education - Year 2018, Vol 10, Issue

Abstract

The article presents the background of the texts included in this issue of SGEGE that resulted from an experimental workshop on democracy. The didactic innovation implemented during the event consisted in enhancing the traditional forms of teaching philosophy (seminar and lecture) with a practical module based on the Betzavta methodology of democratic education. In the first part of the article, a general description of the project is provided. Then follows a presentation of its topic, the reasons for choosing it and the theoretical problems behind it. Next, the organization and methodology of the project are briefly described. In the end, the results of the project are presented together with a short summary of the texts of this volume of the journal.<br/><br/>

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Michał Dobrzański

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  • EP ID EP599836
  • DOI 10.5604/01.3001.0013.2503
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Michał Dobrzański (2018). Introduction to this Issue: the Betzavta Method and Democracy – On an Experimental Project in Academic Didactics of Philosophy. Studies in Global Ethics and Global Education, 10(), 3-16. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-599836