Decoding the Disciplines. Also for children?

Abstract

Most research and writing about DD training has been done for Higher Education. Like phi-losophy went out from the universities and made its entrance in primary school as philosophy for children, we worked out a session for kids too. In this paper, the authors argue to adapt DD techniques to work with children. They propose that training in DD has the potential to enhance children’s attention and focus, and improve memory, self-acceptance, self-man-agement skills, and self-understanding. Specific exercises to teach children ‘decoding’ are presented in progression, beginning with the awareness of the external environment, then awareness of the self in the environment, awareness of the body, and finally, DD exercis-es that feature attending to cognitive processes. Suggestions are made for incorporating decoding into the classroom practice.

Bibliographic data

Verkest, Hugo, “Decoding the Disciplines. Also for children?” (2019) in Chistolini, Sandra, ed., Decoding the Disciplines in European Institutions of Higher Education: Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching and Learning, pp. 17-19

External source

http://ojs.francoangeli.it/_omp/index.php/oa/catalog/book/421