O ensino de filosofia como experiência do filosofar nas escolas públicas de nível médio da cidade de Cajazeiras-PB.

Abstract

This work studies Teaching Philosophy that is offered in four public high schools in the city of Cajazeiras/PB and its philosophical potential. The specific aims were: to explain what the philosophical potential in Teaching of Philosophy means, to identify the challenges (limits) encountered by teachers and students for this kind of teaching and learning, to verify the existence of successful experiences in the teaching-learning process of Philosophy from the perspective of philosophizing, to increase the philosophical potential. It was a qualitative research by application forms and class- room observations and personal interviews with teachers and students. Some challenges still going on: non-sufficient time for Philosophy classes and lot of students with reading problems and the absence or precariousness of didactic resources. But there are also successful experiences. The successful experiences in Teaching Philosophy show how is important teachers try teach starting from the daily student’s life and theirs personal reality.