EQUITY AND INQUIRY PLATO CONFERENCE 2015 The Third Biennial PLATO Conference will be held at the University of Washington, Seattle, on June 29 and 30, 2015. The conference is funded in part by the Squire Family Foundation, the Teagle Foundation and the University of Washington. Registration To register for the conference: Please download the … Equity and Inquiry – Third Biennial PLATO Conference June 2015
John Torrey is a 2nd-year PhD student at the University of Memphis in Philosophy. His interests include Philosophy of Education, Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, and African-American Philosophy. He currently serves as the Student Coordinator for Philosophical Horizons, the outreach program of the Philosophy Department of the University of Memphis. He can be reached at … John Torrey: Philosophical Horizons
The IAPC Announces a Special Symposium: “Philosophy of Childhood: Exploring the Boundaries,” chaired by Dr. David Kennedy at the 2014 American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Annual Meeting, December 27-30 at the Downtown Marriott in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Follow this link to the full Call for Papers: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Rl8UxKvtAdWEhjcUtQSmZQTE0/edit. Please direct questions and submissions to Dr. Kennedy at … The IAPC Announces a Special Symposium: “Philosophy of Childhood: Exploring the Boundaries” at Eastern APA
The Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children will hold its annual Summer Seminar at St. Marguerite’s Retreat House, Mendham, NJ, August 2-9, 2014. To register or request more information, contact Joe Oyler: oylerj@mail.montclair.edu. This Seminar is geared toward both novice and experienced graduate students, teachers, professors and others from around the world who … IAPC Summer Seminar, August 2-9, Mendham NJ
This is the second part of Frank Breslin’s essay on teaching the humanities. Click here for part 1. But to return to our story – “Okay, now that we’ve solved those questions [muffled laughter], let’s move on to some difficult ones. What happens when one group is absolutely certain that it possesses the truth and … Frank Breslin: Teaching the Greeks, part 2
I had an interesting conversation about Plato’s Ring of Gyges story with the fourth grade class I’ve been teaching at John Muir Elementary School. As is my usual practice, I read the students the story and we began talking about what they would do if they had a ring that allowed them to become invisible, and whether … Fourth Grade Students on Plato
Frank Breslin: Thoughts on teaching the humanities I recently retired after 40 years of teaching in the New Jersey public school system, where I taught English, Latin, German, and social studies. Before that, in the late 1960’s, I was a caseworker with welfare recipients in the inner city of Philadelphia, and prior to that I … Frank Breslin: Teaching the Greeks Part 1
Benjamin Lukey Honolulu Ever since Thomas Jackson introduced P4C to Hawai‘i in the mid-1980’s, one of the defining characteristics of p4c Hawai‘i has been its commitment to working with classroom teachers in Hawai‘i’s public schools. It has been part of our mission to find every way possible to support these teachers, both in their classrooms … Ben Lukey: The Role of a Philosopher in Residence for P4C
Square Pegs, Round Holes, and Philosophy in Schools By Jessica Jean Davis The manner in which philosophy can be introduced and practiced in K-12 students seems to be largely determined — as may be everything else — by context. Under the jurisdiction of high-stakes testing and assessment, philosophers in U.S. K-12 schools today have no … Jessica Davis: Square Pegs in Round Holes
We recently interviewed Rick Coste, a writer, podcaster, and philosopher living in New England. His weekly podcast Philosophy Walk is hosted at the official site PhilosophyWalk.com. The podcast currently has a listener base in over 80 countries. A sister site PhilosophyWalkTV.com was launched in the summer of 2013 and is geared towards a younger audience … Interview with Rick Coste, Creater of Philosophywalk
PLATO is part of a global UNESCO network that encourages children to participate in philosophical inquiry. As a partner in the UNESCO Chair on the Practice of Philosophy with Children, based at the Université de Nantes in France, PLATO is connected to other educational leaders around the world.
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