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فلسفة تدريس الفلسفةThe Philosophy of Teaching Philosophy

Philosophical Writing Methodology

منهجية الكتابة الفلسفية

The three exam formats, the requirements of understanding, analysis, discussion and synthesis, grading scales, and didactic principles of writing.

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Exam Formats and Their Requirements

Philosophical writing is built in four stages (understanding, analysis, discussion, synthesis) across three formats: a text to analyse and discuss, a quotation with a question, and an open problem question; with a table of indicators, procedures, grading and implementation.

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2016 Answer Guidelines

Tables of the 2016 answer guidelines, indicators and grading for each exam format — text, quotation with a question, open problem question — with the request to show how they are applied when marking.

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Detailed Grading Scale and Principles of Philosophical Writing

The table of requirements and detailed grading for the three formats under the 2015 reference frameworks, and didactic principles: philosophical writing as communicative writing, breaking down difficulty without losing the whole, and the contractual nature of method rules.