Duration
Number of credits
University certificate in philosophical practices | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Collégialité
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Participants are invited to produce a tool, i.e. a game, a plan of discussion, a device or exercises with a philosophical purpose. These will be come with a reflection on ethical and political aims, but also on the expected philosophical effects.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This personal work will attest of the participant's hability to produce devices fit to his audience and own context for leading workshop. It will proove his comprehensive understanding of all theoretical and practical aspects met his training.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
No pre-requisite
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Participants work alone, but they will have the opportunity to raise questions during one session of the training seminar.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Distance-learning
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège
Further information:
Participants are invited to use books and readings recommended during the Wednesday seminars and training sessions.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Written work / report
Further information:
Working alone, in pairs or, possibly, in groups of three, the participants will create a tool - a notion that must be understood in a broad sense: a game, a facilitation device, sequences, critical reflection, a discussion plan, and so on.
This tool will take the form of an integrative piece of work, in which the participants are invited to draw on all the knowledge and skills taught during the certificate course, whether during the seminars or the training days. The mark awarded for this work will therefore be the same for Méthodes philosophiques (PCER0016), Éthiques and politiques de l'animation philosophique (PCER0017) and Création d'un outil et analyse de ses enjeux (PTRA0014).
The work will necessarily include a descriptive part, in which the participants will present the practical arrangements (type of audience, age, number, duration, etc.) and the general operation of the tool in such a way as to make the process sufficiently clear. Throughout the work, the participants are invited to ask themselves the following questions: what is the purpose of this tool, what skills does it aim to work on, what are the expected or observed effects, etc.? The aim is not to use the concepts covered in the seminars as they are, but to apply the same type of questioning and reflection.
Testing the tool is not mandatory. Where appropriate, participants are invited to report any difficulties they have encountered and any improvements they have made. If not, they can also reflect on the limitations or problems that the tool might give rise to.
The work is due by 31 May 2025. It will be sent electronically and submitted in hard copy (one copy) to Marc-Antoine Gavray's mailbox.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
We expect students to work by themselves. However a session of the seminar "Formations aux dispositifs d'animation philosophique" will be devoted to producing tools and devices. Students will be given the opportunity to raison questions, according to the progression of their personal work.
Contacts
Marc-Antoine.Gavray@uliege.be