New Release: Philo-aide

The site offers a set of simple, flexible, and user-friendly educational tools that are suited to the plural reality of philosophy teaching in the Quebec college network.

Philo-aide offers ten videos of three to nine minutes featuring students who find answers to their questions in a friendly interaction with a professor.

Throughout their discussions, the issues posed by the writing task are highlighted, as are the challenges of reading a philosophical text before writing the essay.

• The first video clip, entitled “Le texte argumentatif philosophique : qu’est-ce que c’est?”, provides an overview.
• Seven videos then follow, delving deeper into the main aspects of the writing:
  • the plan;
  • the problem statement;
  • the conceptualization;
  • the argumentation;
  • the reasoning;
  • the objection and rebuttal;
  • the conclusion.
• Finally, two videos offer reading strategies.

The “Compléments” section of the site offers ten printable documents briefly summarizing the content of each video and extending it with other examples.