Capítulo 1. El cuento como herramienta didáctica en la comunidad de indagación

The story, as a pedagogical tool, has a significant potential in the construction of the subjective world. This literary genre goes back to the origins of human civilization, intertwined in genres such as the fable, the epic, the apologist, the novel and the story, enabling the development of epistemological, aesthetic, logical thought, hermeneutic, ethical and political, linked to philosophy. In this sense, the story, given its universality, its brevity, its unity of breath, interest and narrative substance, manages to condense a specific topic and transmit it with an exhaustive and forceful force. In a community
of inquiry the story turns out to be a relevant, accessible and appropriate resource because of the intention to foster an environment of reflection and analysis, dialogue, argumentation and consensus, depending on the development of the competencies of critical, creative, meaningful and careful thinking, raised in the Philosophy program for children.