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Philosophical Reflection and Cooperative Practices in an Elementary School Mathematics Classroom.
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This paper described the social and cognitive activity when pupils engage in philosophical dialogue about mathematics in an elementary school and some pedagogical conditions necessary to foster the development of philosophical dialogue (PD) about mathematics.Abstract:
Following Matthew Lipman (Lipman, 1991; Lipman, Sharp, & Oscanyan, 1980), we introduced philosophical dialogue (PD) about mathematics in an elementary school to help pupils consider mathematical and meta-mathematical matters. This article describes the social and cognitive activity when pupils engage in PD and some pedagogical conditions necessary to foster the development of PD. Changes in pupils’ discussions from the begin- ning to the end of the test period showed that the dynamic evolved from monological exchanges to dialogical exchanges. Whereas early pupil responses could be characterized mainly as simple answers, later responses displayed more lower-order and even higher- order thinking skills. The data suggest that for PD about mathematics to develop, the teacher must be proficient in the role of mediator. A la suite de Matthew Lipman (Lipman, 1991; Lipman, Sharp et Oscanyan, 1980), les auteurs ont introduit le dialogue philosophique (DP) dans une ecole primaire afin d’aider les eleves a reflechir aux questions d’ordre mathematique et meta-mathematique. Cet article decrit l’activite sociale et cognitive a laquelle donne lieu le DP ainsi que certaines des conditions pedagogiques qui doivent etre reunies pour favoriser le developpement du DP. L’analyse des discussions des eleves du debut a la fin de la periode d’essai a revele une evolution de la dynamique, des echanges monologiques aux echanges dialogiques . Si en premier les eleves donnent de simples reponses, par la suite ils demontrent des capa- cites de raisonnement elementaires et meme de plus haut niveau. Ces donnees semblent indiquer que pour que le DP au sujet de la mathematique se developpe, l’enseignant doit devenir un mediateur efficace.read more
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