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When Diana Senechal first contacted me about the philosophy journal her students had put together, CONTRARIWISE, I must admit an image jumped to mind of stereotypical responses to essay prompts, collected and bound from the end-of-year assignments. What else would a high school philosophy journal be? How could one adapt what is usually highly technical, rigorous, … CONTRARIWISE: Pious and Especially Playful Learning in the Creation of a Journal

CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS You are warmly invited to submit abstracts for The Routledge International Handbook of Philosophy for Children, edited by Maughn Gregory, Joanna Haynes and Karin Murris. For nearly 50 years the theory and practice of Philosophy for Children have developed over time and in diverse contexts and global settings, while responding to, and interacting with … Call for Abstracts for International Handbook of Philosophy for Children

PLATO board member Michael Burroughs recently served as a guest curator for the Public Philosophy Journal on the theme of pre-college philosophy. He writes about doing philosophy with children as an area of publicly engaged philosophy: http://publicphilosophyjournal.org/2014/07/philosophy-beyond-the-academy/    

This month, Chicago Public high school teacher (and PLATO board member), Steve Goldberg will be running a teaching workshop at the University of Chicago’s campus. In collaboration with the UChicago Civic Knowledge Project: The Winning Words Initiative: The Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO) claims that the “reasons most often given for engaging young children … Teacher's Workshop: Philosophy and Young People (Chicago, Saturdays, July 12-26)

In many pre-college curricula, informal and formal logic does not exist as its own course, even though thinking logically is crucial to much academic work. As students progress through their primary and secondary educations, they will be expected more and more to support their opinions with well-supported arguments. While schools may find it difficult to … James Davis: Logic in the Classroom, Four Activities

Jesse Walsh has been the Director of Philosophy at Saint Martin de Porres Academy in New Haven, CT (a private middle school for underserved youth) for the past four years. Prior to that, she founded a Philosophy Outreach Program at a Boys & Girls Club in Dorchester, MA. Both groups have enjoyed incredible success and … "Philosophy Detention" and the "Identity Crisis" Activity, by Jesse Walsh

This is a video of the American Philosophical Association’s Committee on Pre-College Instruction in Philosophy session from the 2014 Pacific APA. It’s called “Raising a Philosophical Child” and features a number of speakers.

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