Open AccessVALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF PHILOSOPHY COURSES WITHIN NON-PHILOSOPHY STUDIES: STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE
Author(s) -
Zoran Dimić,
Slađana Ristić Gorgiev,
Milan Jovanović
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
facta universitatis. series, teaching, learning and teacher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2560-4619
pISSN - 2560-4600
DOI - 10.22190/futlte211010012d
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , argument (complex analysis) , philosophy education , value (mathematics) , philosophy of education society of great britain , empirical research , philosophical theory , order (exchange) , philosophy of education , philosophy of computer science , sociology , higher education , pedagogy , mathematics education , epistemology , social science , psychology , political science , medicine , philosophy , computer science , law , finance , artificial intelligence , machine learning , economics
Do non-philosophy university students consider philosophy to be important for their education? In this paper, we present the results of the empirical research that we have conducted in order to address this question. The study included 151 participants and was based on an online questionary. Our approach was focused on students’ evaluation of the role and significance of the philosophical courses they have attended. The results indicate that students highly regard philosophy as valuable and beneficial not only for general but also for their professional education. We take those results to offer a strong argument against the current trend of decline and reduction of philosophical education in high schools and universities of the Republic of Serbia.