The comprehension of the act of listening in school education in reference to the Reflexive philosophy of Paul Ricoeur

Abstract

The last researches on public schools as well as recent events performed by students in Chile, unveil the existence of two worlds spinning independently in the same territory, the school: the adults world and the students world. This essay proposes the creation of a circle of understanding, where its meaning would be the mutual trust between youth and adults; trust which needs to be built through the language of listening.It is the person itself, who, by narrating him/herself, listens to him/herself, and by listening, he/she understands him/herself, connecting him/herself with the sense of his/her school life.