Thursday, 13 January 2011

NEW BOOK: «PROJECTING HAPPINESS AT HIGH SCHOOLS», by Jorge Humberto Dias

Title: «PROJECTING HAPPINESS AT HIGH SCHOOL»

Editor: JORGE HUMBERTO DIAS (Philosophical Consultant in Portugal)



Contents: 


Preview Note - Maria Afonso


Foreword - José Barrientos

Introduction - Jorge Humberto Dias

Philosophical Consulting in the History of Philosophy and the Emergence of the Applied Philosophy - Henrique Costa

Philosophical Consulting: Why Not? - Maria Afonso

Re-thinking Philosophy at High School with Applied Philosophy - Valdemar Roca

Happiness - a New Paradigm? - Luis Couto

The Philosophical Practice on Happiness - Maria Galhardo

Happiness and Philosophy - Bárbara Fernandes

Philosophy without Preconcepts - António Fernandes

From the importance of Philosophical Consulting to the question of Methods - António Vaz

Logos - Maria Pires

Hellenism and Philosophical Consulting - Maria Luís

Philosophical Counselling: From where, what and where to? - Ana Pimentel


Philosophical Counselling - Maria Costa


Critical Thinking - Maria Afonso


Philosophy in the Contemporary Age - Raquel Sá


Philosophy in Divan - Francisco Barros

Publisher: CFAEBN

Year: 2010

Place: Bragança (Portugal)

ABSTRACT

This is a book with some articles about the application of Philosophy at High Schools. The book is a product of Course, directed by professor Jorge Humberto Dias in the Centre for Teaching Education, in the north of Portugal. The students, who are teachers at different High Schools, made a reflection about the concept of Happiness and tried to design its possibility at High School.
At the end of the work, teachers said it's very important that Educators promote training in the philosophical competences concerning the development of Happiness at High School.

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