Seminary in Curricular Issues

Recommended Prerequisites

1^st. Cycle in Philosophy

Portuguese Language

Knowledge of English

Teaching Methods

1) Theoretical and applied explanations by the teacher

2) Exercises on logic and argumentation

3) Reading, commentary and interpretation of texts

4) Oral and written presentations by the students

Learning Outcomes

The students must be able of: 1) To have an overview of the place of logic and argumentation in the philosophy teaching nowadays. 2) To teach the fundamental concepts of propositional and predicate logic at the secondary school level. 3) To teach, at that level, the fundamental concepts of rhetoric and argumentation, in particular, those which concern the theory of fallacies and the connection between rhetoric and society.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The place of logic, rhetoric and argumentation theory in the secondary school teaching programmes.

2. Elaboration of a basic and coherent programme: strategies and scientific/pedagogical skills.

3. Applications to formal logic.

4. Applications to rhetoric and argumentation theory.

5. The contents of the programme and the problem of the resources to its teaching at the secondary school level.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria José Correia Tavares de Figueiroa-Rego Andrade Rebelo

Assessment Methods

Continuous Assessment
Read, review and interpretation of texts: 25.0%
Oral presentations and written by students: 25.0%
Theoretical explanations and applied by the teacher (25%) + exercises on logic and argumentation (25%): 50.0%

Bibliography

Copi, I., & Cohen, C. (1953/1994). Introduction to Logic, New York: MacMillan Pub. Company.

Browne, M., & Kelley, S. (1994). Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 

Morado, R. (1999). La razón communicada: materiales de taller de didáctica da lógica, Xalapa, Veracruz: Torres Associados.

Newton-Smith, W. H. (1998). Lógica: Um curso introdutório, trad. D. Murcho, Lisboa: Gradiva.

Ribeiro, H. J., & Vicente, J. N. (2010). O lugar da lógica e da argumentação no ensino da filosofia. Coimbra: Unidade de I&D LIF.

Ribeiro, H. J. (2013). Inside arguments: Logic and the Study of Argumentation. Newcastle upon Tyne (UK): Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Vicente, J. N. (2004) Razão e diálogo, Porto: Porto Editora.

Walton, D. (1989). Informal Logic: A Handbook for Critical Argumentation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Walton, D. (2006). Fundamentals of Critical Argumentation, Cambridge; Cambridge University Press.