Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2000
Journal / Book Title
Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children
Abstract
Community of inquiry is a ''whole" pedagogy, in that it recognizes the systemic nature of group process, the congruence of personal and social systems, and the identity-in-difference of thought and feeling, self and other, and individual and group. Above all it recognizes the fundamental urge-however tortuous and conflicted in its outworking-of both individual and social systems for self-actualizing transformation; for the chaotic passage to higher, both more inclusive and more diversified, levels of integration. In this regard it provides a deep-structural theory, not just for the democratic personality, but for democratic systems as well. It produces individuals who are capable of thinking both for themselves and with others, and thus provides a socialization model for the deliberative process which is essential to deep democracy.
Book Publisher
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
0190-3330
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Lushyn, Pavel and Kennedy, David K., "(2000) The Psychodynamics of Community of Inquiry and Educational Reform: A Cross-Cultural Perspective" (2000). Collected Papers of David Kennedy. 3.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/dkennedy/3
Published Citation
Lushyn, Pavel and David Kennedy (2000) The Psychodynamics of Community of Inquiry and Educational Reform: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children 15(3): 9-16.