Educating to Dialogue: connecting an argumentative approach to Mediation and Educational Transactional Analysis. Some tranSkills signposts for promoting inclusive and participative societies

Federico Reggio () and Marina Sartor Hoffer ()
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Federico Reggio: University of Verona dpt. of Legal Sciences
Marina Sartor Hoffer: Free University of Bozen dpt. Education

No 5908323, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: The acquisition of relational skills is one of the main goals of an educational system that aims at promoting non-violent, inclusive and participative societies. Dialogue is the key factor for such purpose, acting both as a means and as a goal that education ought to achieve. According to this perspective, education to dialogue matches ethical-behavioural aspects (dialogue as expression of interconnectedness) and logical-argumentative competences (dialogue as instrument of communication). Such elements trace connected dimensions: (1) the ability of managing a healthy communication, which implies both correct reasoning and effective expression; (2) the ability of creating and managing a situation of communicative reciprocity, which is an instrument for preventing and transforming conflict. The goal of this paper is to outline some conceptual and methodological signposts for the education to dialogue in light of the classical notion of ?maieutic?, by drawing perspectives, concepts and methodologies from both Conflict Mediation and Educational Transactional Analysis. This transkills outline is directed to those who are professionally involved at all levels of education, with the purpose of offering a first conceptual framework for developing programmes and proposals aimed at introducing and empowering communicative attitudes and skills.

Keywords: Mediation Methodologies; Educational Transactional Analysis Methodologies; Conflict prevention & transformation; Education to Dialogue; Argumentation; Life Planning; Existential Positions. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I29 K39 K40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2017-10
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 34th International Academic Conference, Florence, Oct 2017, pages 213-230

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