Playing for the socialization of democracy: reimagining jane addams’ philosophy of education
In this paper, I argue that Jane Addams’ philosophy of education was a practical and theoretical example of how the cultural meaning of virtuous and pleasurable aesthetic experiences—such as organized and supervised play, theater, dance, and folk music—provided children and adolescents from differen...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/99902 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/99902 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 37.013 37.01 37.012 371.3 004:37 Jane addams Children's play Pragmatism Democracy Theory of education Philosophy of education Ciencias Sociales Teoría de la educación Métodos de enseñanza 5801 Teoría y Métodos Educativos |
| Sumario: | In this paper, I argue that Jane Addams’ philosophy of education was a practical and theoretical example of how the cultural meaning of virtuous and pleasurable aesthetic experiences—such as organized and supervised play, theater, dance, and folk music—provided children and adolescents from different cultural, ethnic, religious, and linguistic backgrounds with opportunities to socialize democracy, that is, with multiple experiences for cultivating a revisable, collective, and cosmopolitan way of life in dialogue with different cultural, linguistic, ethical, and religious sensibilities. I particularly propose that a focus on her notion of children’s play may enhance our understanding of the educational contribution of her works. Specifically, I argue that exploring Addams’ notion of play not only enriches our understanding about the continuities among the human activities of play, art, and work but also can enlighten us with respect to how to cultivate a cosmopolitan citizenship in non-formal educational spaces such as the playground. Therefore, I argue that Addams deeply trusted in the aesthetic experience of play as one of the most powerful experiences that facilitates keeping democracy alive |
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