Philosophy teaching and interdisciplinarity

extension experience as an aesthetic experience

Abstract

The present study is an experience report on which we carried out an evaluation of the extension experience in the context of teaching philosophy in an interdisciplinary perspective, with the areas of Letters and Arts. The experience was built from the development of an extension project on a Greek mythological narrative. The objective of the project was to promote, through the stimulation of textual and theatrical production, the reading and interpretation of classic texts, such as those related to Greek mythology. The project took place in a public school, where high school students were the target audience of the activities andwas articulated in three stages.. Before the construction of the extension experience, we made a diagnosis, through a questionnaire, about the difficulties of the participants in terms of reading and textual production. After this experience, we evaluated the perception of the project participants, using another questionnaire. As a result, we identified that this experience enabled the participants to develop three main skills. Therefore, we recognize that promoting these interdisciplinary aesthetic experiences, as philosophy teaching strategies, is relevant for the learning of Higher Education and High School students.