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In  my earlier post, I mentioned assigning a dialogue as an alternative to a formal essay. Here is an example of each format on the topic of personal identity: Personal identity essay 2 from S Goldberg’s class personal identity sample paper from S.Goldberg’s class

The Australasian Journal for Philosophy in Schools (AJPS) is the official journal of The Federation of Australasian Philosophy in Schools Associations (FAPSA). The focus of the journal is research into philosophy with school-aged children. What was once called Philosophy with Children has developed into a sub-discipline of philosophy with its own history, traditions and pedagogy and … New journal focused on philosophy in schools

Mark Balawender, PLATO’s communication coordinator and grad student at Michigan State recently interviewed Elena Spitzer, a graduate student at Wisconsin about her project, the tumblr website, A Philosopher at Work:               1) Mark: This project is really interesting, and it looks like you’re getting lots of participation. Can you … Elena Spitzer: Pictures of a Philosopher At Work (as drawn by non-philosophers)

Existentialism Seminar An NEH Summer Seminar for School Teachers: Thomas E. Wartenberg, Director Seminar Description Existentialism, though an important philosophical movement in the twentieth century, remains influential to this day. This seminar will acquaint school teachers with the basic philosophical ideas of Existentialist philosophy by introducing them to the writings of such thinkers as Søren … NEH Summer Philosophy Seminar for Teachers!

Any topic an instructor introduces in class is worth taking seriously, and this includes religion. My goal is neither to convert the unbeliever nor destroy the faith of the believer, rather to situate myself in the middle of a dialogue and coax those who think of themselves as on a side to engage the other … Chris Freiler: Approaching Religion in Philosophy

Are you a concerned K-12 teacher who would like to enrich your school with philosophy?  Are you a philosopher or student of philosophy who would like to see more philosophy at the K-12 levels?  Then please be sure to RSVP for our big Winning Words Initiative conference on Nov. 2nd!   The Winning Words Initiative is … Announcement: Winning Words Initiative Conference, Chicago, Saturday, November 2

2014 NAACI CONFERENCE The Community of Philosophical Inquiry and its diverse applications Laval University, Québec City, Québec, Canada June 25-27, 2014 The conference will focus on the unique pedagogical model developed by Philosophy for Children (P4C) founders Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp at Montclair State University. P4C is based on philosophical dialogue within a … 2014 NAACI Conference June 25-27 Québec, Canada

The Winning Words Initiative: A Midwest Regional Resource Network for Pre-Collegiate Philosophy Saturday, November 2nd, 2013, from 9-4:30 pm (with a break for lunch), at the University of Chicago’s Mandel Hall, in the Reynolds Club, 1131 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL, 60637 Please join leading philosophers and educators from across the U.S. for a day … University of Chicago K-12 Philosophy Conference November 2!

PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN has a long tradition of scholarship that should be more widely known. Articles have not always been easy to access and some long-standing journals are now discontinued. The P4C Cooperative thought it would be interesting and useful to select articles from the last thirty years and organise them around significant themes, hoping … If . . . then – An Online Compilation of K-12 Philosophy Scholarship

Teaching Philosophy – Volume 36, Number 3 – 2013   Jana Mohr Lone; Mitchell Green, guest editors Philosophy in High Schools – Guest Editors’ Introduction to a Special Issue of Teaching Philosophy James R. Davis Socrates in Homeroom – A Case Study for Integrating Philosophy across a High School Curriculum How should we teach philosophy … New journal issue on teaching philosophy in high school!