Philosophy of Communication and Education

Code:

MFIL039

Acronym:

FCE

Instance: 2013/2014 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Philosophy
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Philosophy

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MFIL	7	MFIL - Study Plan	1	-	10	58	270

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

a) To identify and to critically explore topics which compose the corpus of Philosophy of Communication and its main links to education and, particularly, to Philosophy of Education;

b) To study in depth the understanding and the discussion of the probable relations between communication, education and philosophy. Convergences, disagreements and ruptures;

c) To acknowledge the educational dimension of the communicative action and to critically measure research possibilities from a communicative perspective in the educational field;

d) To provide a critical reflexion about different theoretical references and conceptual relations in the area of knowledge and in this research field.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of c. u. students should be able to analyze and reassess ideas about communication as a philosophical, anthropological and educational problem, through reflection by differents philosophical perspectives, demonstrating a personal appropriation of concepts  to an fundamental inquiry on this subject. Students must still prove competence for the pursuit of a critical and investigative through a written work and its oral presentation and defense.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Communication as a problem

1.1. From pan-communication to its unlikeliness (P. Watzlawick to Niklas Luhmann);

1.2. From the line to the circle: linear logic vs. reticular logic;

1.3. Reason and communicative action (J. Habermas);

2. Communication as an anthropological problem;

2.1. Homo Communicans: a human being without an inside? (P.Breton);

2.2. The primacy of the relationship: a human being in relations (F. Jacques).

3. Communication as a pedagogical problem

3.1. Communication and education;

3.1.1. The educational relation as a communication relation;

3.1.2. Meaning as finality.

Mandatory literature

BERGER, Peter e LUCKMANN; La Construction Sociale de la Réalité, Meridiens Klincksieck, 1986
BERLO, David; O Processo da Comunicação. Introdução à Teoria e à Prática, Edições Martins Fontes, 1985
ESCOLA, Joaquim; , Gabriel Marcel. Comunicação e Educação, Afrontamento, 2011
HABERMAS, Jürgen; O Discurso da Modernidade, Publicações Dom Quixote, 1990
HABERMAS, Jürgen; The Theory of Communicative Action, Polity Press, 1984
JACQUES, Francis; Différence et Subjectivité, Éditions Aubier , 1982
LUHMANN, Niklas; A Improbabilidade da Comunicação, Vega, 1992
RODRIGUES, Adriano Duarte; Estratégias da Comunicação. Questão Comunicacional e Formas de Sociabilidade, Editorial Presença, 1990
SFEZ, Lucien, ; Crítica da Comunicação, Publicações Instituto Piaget, 1994
WATZLAWICK, Paul, et al., ; Une Logique de La Communication, Éditions du Seuil, 1972
YVES, Winkin (org.); La Nouvelle Communication, Éditions du Seuil, 1981

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical display of the program’s themes, text analysis, presentation and debate of research works, either individual or group works, guided by the teacher.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	25,00
Prova oral	15,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	150,00
Frequência das aulas	58,00
Trabalho de investigação	62,00
Total:	270,00

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification results of the weighted average of all elements of evaluation: Participation in the seminar discussions (25%);reommended book review and  critical readings  (25%), final work research and its presentation (50%): 35% written work and 15 % oral presentation and defense.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to FLUP regulation.