Premium
Practising Philosophy, the Practice of Education: Exploring the Essay Form through Lukács' Soul and Form
Author(s) -
KWAK DUCKJOO
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of philosophy of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.501
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9752
pISSN - 0309-8249
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2010.00743.x
Subject(s) - soul , converse , epistemology , sociology , philosophy of education , pedagogy , philosophy , higher education , law , political science
This paper attempts to explore a pedagogical form of writing in which students are allowed to have more room to converse with themselves, such that their own being is reflected in their work. The attempt is made as a response to the poverty of educationally orientated assessment methods for students' academic performance in the predominant evidence‐based assessment culture of schooling today. Taking Lukács' Soul and Form as a good source for this exploration, especially his commitment to essay form as a first‐person, soul‐searching journey to the truth, the paper tries to reconstruct the way he conceptually connects philosophical practice, our life‐form and the essay form of writing. It attempts to provide insight into the ways in which a certain form of philosophical writing can in itself be an educational practice that provides students with a unique way of addressing their life‐problems.