Toddlers wrestle with philosophy in new French documentary
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
PARIS — A group of French three- and four-year-olds gather around a lit candle to tackle the big issues of life: love, death, liberty, other philosophical questions that flummox many an adult.
“Next time, we’ll be asking ‘What are parents for?,’” teacher Pascaline Dogliani announces as she wraps her latest philosophy class for toddlers.
More than two years of these sessions at a school just outside Paris have been distilled into a French documentary, Ce n’est qu’un début (Just a Beginning), which is intriguing audiences around the world.
Filmmakers Jean-Pierre Pozzi and Pierre Barougier recorded 180 hours of footage from classes introducing philosophy to young children and condensed them into a sometimes amusing, sometimes intense hour and 35 minutes.
The teacher first lights a candle that serves both to signal the start of the session and as a focal point for the attention of the children gathered around..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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