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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

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

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 tell me a little about it? Elena: … Elena Spitzer: Pictures of a Philosopher At Work (as drawn by non-philosophers)