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Pieter Mostert

@visitandum.bsky.social
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Philosopher, teacher, creator of conversations

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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Billings has convinced me. There are two fundamental lessons to be learned: (1) especially in philosophy for / with children, we should consider dialogue as a dramatic form; (2) we should allow and invite other dramatic forms in the practice of doing philosophy.
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Am reading Joshua Billings' brilliant book "The philosophical stage. Drama and dialectic in classical Athens" (2021). His conclusion: "Plato's dialogues ... epitomise the elevation of one dramatic form, the dialogue, into a self-conscious philosophical method". /2
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Heel veel plezier daar in het Haagse. Ik zou in het Kunstmuseum gewoon iemand aanspreken die ook kijkt naar het kunstwerk waar jullie naar kijken. En dan ontstaat er een gesprek. Dat weet ik zeker.
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
It's one verb. In Dutch, composite verbs are spelled as one word, similar to German. "Achteruitkijken" = to look backward. If the first part is the verb, something like in English "Can you finish reading now?", in Dutch, the second verb is treated as a noun, as Dutch does not have a gerund.
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
For all who are involved or interested in doing philosophy for / with / by children / adolescents: may I propose a # for common use. I think it should be neutral, short and not easily be misspelled. My proposal is: #p4cnow. Any comments or suggestions?
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Interestingly, 'literally' is literally rarely used literally. One can say: "I was literally gobsmacked".
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Similar to Dutch en Afrikaans: "uit-lezen" is a verb, literally: 'out-read' = read till the story is 'out', meaning: finished.
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Yes, the "fietsenstalling" (bicycle racks) was where it all happened: your first smoke, your freedom to bike to school early and anxiously wait till your fancied love arrived. Indeed, crucial in becoming independent.
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
2/2. We had a three week training, but we were not drilled into a specific protocol, format, or step-by-step approach. Lipman had great confidebce in the quality and guidance of the materials themselves: do in your class just as the characters do in the novels - that's it! I still love that practice
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Great service by IAPC to make the novels and manuals online available. Reread the introduction of the manual of Harry Stotlemeiers Discovery. It just has one page with "some recommendations" for the facilitator on how to conduct the sessions. That's how it was in 1983-84 when I visited them. 1/2
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Maughn Gregory will speak tomorrow, 5pm European time about "Three traditions of philosophical dialogue". Zoom link: lnkd.in/gxc3ZiPS. Passcode:852 860. Info: lnkd.in/gCDzNQEr
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Maybe Heraclitus was right: philosophy is about the intricate interplay between change and remaining the same. My grandson (8 months old) is exploring this issue: his toys remain the same, but his dad's smartwatch changes, when you fiddle with it. No philosophy can do without fiddling, I'm convinced
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I've seen. But there is so much in current education talk that I dislike. I'll try
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I follow Langsky (with #) about languages. It's like a community of shared interest. Something similar for our work would be great, I think.
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
No idea, makes me feel so pre-digital 🦍
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
(follow up) - or start a Feed under the heading of Philosophy for Children that users can follow and contribute too. PM
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Great to meet you on Bluesky. Let's spread the word that this is the place where we meet, discuss and exchange. Pieter
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
Are there examples of multilingual classrooms where multilingual learners can speak multilingually, instead of being forced into the one and only English?
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
Am I right that 'multilingual learner' stands for 'learner whose English is deficient'? And is that because '(non-)native' is no longer politically correct?
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 24/01/2024
I wonder whether it is a wider trend to verbalise nouns, i.e. using them as verbs, no longer as nouns. Example: here in England we're expected to use 'transition' as a verb, no longer as a noun. A common phenomenon?
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
It took my daughter years to understand her dyslexia. One day she said: actually, the p,d,q,b are the same letter, just rotated. Also n and u are the same. In her brain these letters just rotate, which made spelling a battle. Now she 'rotates' 2D drawings of costumes in 3D products.
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Pieter Mostert @visitandum.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
I imagine that the English pronunciation of 'beau' is influenced by the Latin origin 'beatus', which separates the e from the a in the pronunciation, which has been lost in the French pronunciation.
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