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
Can we control our feelings? Our perceptions? Does how we feel affect what happens in the world?When Lions Roar, a simple picture book by Robie Harris, depicts how scary the world can feel when “lions roar,” “thunder booms,” “big dogs bark,” “mommies holler,” and so on. The child in the story responds, “I sit right … When Lions Roar
Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap! is an Appalachian folktale, brought to life in a great read-aloud picture book by Tom Birdseye with illustrations by Andrew Glass. The story’s main character, Pug, is a young boy “with such a poor memory some say he’d forget his own name.” One day Pug’s mother, who believes in … Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap!
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
Leo Lionni’s Pezzettino is the story of the small Pezzettino (which means “little piece” in Italian), who is a small orange square surrounded by other beings who are all made up of many different-colored squares. Pezzettino observes that everyone around him is “big and [does] daring and wonderful things.” He concludes that he must be … Pezzettino
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
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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