{"id":9321,"date":"2019-05-24T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plato-philosophy.org\/?page_id=9321"},"modified":"2025-10-01T06:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:39:35","slug":"precollege-philosophy-and-public-practice-journal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/precollege-philosophy-and-public-practice-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice (P4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t#plato-tabs {\n\t\tmargin: 50px 0 0px;\t\n\t}\n\thr.plato-sep {\n\t\twidth: 1200px;\n\t\tmargin: 30px auto;\n\t\tborder-color: var(--deep-sea);\n\t\theight: 5px;\n\t\tbackground:var(--deep-sea);\n\t\tmax-width: 100%;\t\n\t}\n\t#plato-tabs .responsive-tabs .responsive-tabs__list__item--active {\n\t\tz-index: 2;\t\n\t\tbackground: white !important;\n\t\ttop: 2px !important;\n\t}\n\t#plato-tabs > h2, #plato-tabs > h4 { text-align: center; }\n\t#plato-tabs h4 { color: var(--steel-blue); }\n\t.plato-tabs {\n\t\twidth: 1200px;\n\t\tmax-width: 100%;\n\t\tmargin: 0 auto;\t\n\t}\n\t.tab-form-flex {\n\t\tdisplay: flex;\n\t\talign-items: flex-start;\t\n\t}\n\t.tab-content {\n\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\tmargin-right: 10%;\t\n\t}\n\t.tab-form {\n\t\twidth: 40%;\n\t\tpadding: 30px;\n\t\tborder-radius: 25px;\n\t\tbackground: var(--deep-sea);\n\t\tcolor: white;\t\n\t}\n\t.tab-form form {\n\t\tmax-height: 1000px;\n\t\toverflow-y:auto;\n\t\tpadding-right: 5px;\t\n\t}\n\t.tab-form label { font-weight: bold; display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items:center; }\n\t.tab-form span.info-text { font-size: 14px; }\n\t#plato-tabs .tab-form h4 { color: white;}\n\t.tab-form input, .tab-form textarea {\n\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\tpadding: 10px 20px;\n\t\tmargin: 10px 0;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid lightgray;\n\t\tborder-radius: 5px;\n\t\tbackground: white;\n\t\tcolor: black;\n\t}\n\t.tab-form input[type=\"checkbox\"] {\n\t\twidth: 20px;\n\t\tmargin: 0px 0 10px;\t\n\t}\n\t.tab-form select {\n\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\tpadding: 10px 20px;\t\n\t}\n\t.tab-form .wpcf7-list-item {\n\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t}\n\t.tab-form span.instructions {\n\t\tfont-size: 14px;\n\t\tcolor: #f3f3f3;\t\n\t}\n\t@media screen and (max-width: 1024px) {\n\t\t.tab-form-flex { display: block; }\t\n\t\n\t.tab-content {\n\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\tmargin-right: 0;\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 30px;\t\n\t}\n\t.tab-form {\n\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\tmargin-top: 0;\t\n\t}\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<section id=\"plato-tabs\">\n\t<h2>About the P4 Journal<\/h2>\t\t<hr class=\"plato-sep\">\n\t<div class=\"plato-tabs\"><div class=\"responsive-tabs\">\n<h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Description<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n<p><em><u><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdcnet.org\/p4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22216 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-08-12-at-5.57.49-PM-214x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-08-12-at-5.57.49-PM-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-08-12-at-5.57.49-PM-600x839.png 600w, https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-08-12-at-5.57.49-PM.png 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice <\/a><\/b><\/u><b>(P4)<\/b><\/em>&nbsp;is an open-access, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic online journal that explores philosophy with young people as well as philosophy in non-traditional spaces. Published annually, the journal welcomes scholarly articles related to the fields of philosophy with the young and public philosophy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P4 accepts submissions on public-facing philosophy including work that is done in K-12 classrooms, prisons, retirement communities, and community organizations. Issues include scholarly work, relevant book reviews, symposia, and &ldquo;Notes from the Field&rdquo; &ndash; essays by classroom teachers and publicly engaged philosophers focused on practical and pedagogical issues.<\/p>\n<p><em>P4<\/em> is sponsored by PLATO, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.csubak.edu\/~kie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kegley Institute of Ethics<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdcnet.org\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philosophy Documentation Center<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.csubak.edu\/~kie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squire Family Foundation<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdcnet.org\/collection-anonymous\/browse?fp=p4&amp;fq=p4\/Volume\/8993%7C7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22217\">Volume 7 of P4 <\/a><\/em>is now available.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about <em>P4<\/em>, including access to all issues with additional functions, please visit the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdcnet.org\/p4\/Precollege-Philosophy-and-Public-Practice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philosophy Documentation Center<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Editorial Board<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n<p>Kristopher Phillips, Editor in Chief<\/p>\n<p>Karen Emmerman, Senior Associate Editor<\/p>\n<p>John Koolage, Associate Editor<\/p>\n<p>Ka Ya Lee, Associate Editor<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Laas, Managing Editor<\/p>\n<p>Roberta Israeloff, Editorial Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Submissions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>P4<\/em> accepts submissions year-round from scholars and teachers that employ empirical, critical, or theoretical models.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The relationship between philosophy, education, and public philosophy<\/li>\n<li>Advocacy work including creative approaches to public and K-12 philosophy<\/li>\n<li>Interdisciplinary approaches to public and\/or K-12 philosophy<\/li>\n<li>Comparative research on approaches to philosophy and dialogue-based education<\/li>\n<li>Empirical research on:\n<ul>\n<li>impacts\/outcomes of philosophy and dialogue-based education, human development, social-emotional learning, and\/or outreach programs<\/li>\n<li>assessment and evaluation of philosophy programs in non-traditional spaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The journal also publishes book reviews &ndash; primarily for newly-published books on topics relevant to the journal&rsquo;s focus areas &ndash; and &ldquo;Notes from the Field&rdquo; &ndash; essays by classroom teachers and publicly engaged philosophers focused on practical and pedagogical issues.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions? Contact editor-in-chief <strong><a href=\"mailto:kphill50@emich.edu\">Kristopher G. Phillips<\/a>.<\/strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click below for submission guidelines.<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdcnet.org\/p4\/Submission-Guidelines\"><button>P4 GUIDELINES<\/button><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<script>\njQuery(document).ready(function ($) {\n\tvar tabformparentheight = $('.tab-form').parent().height();\n\t$('.tab-form').css({\"height\" : tabformparentheight + \"px\"});\n\t$('.tab-form form').css({\"max-height\" : tabformparentheight-60 + \"px\"});\n\t$(window).resize(function () {\n\t\ttabformparentheight = $('.tab-form').parent().height();\n\t\t$('.tab-form').css({\"height\" : tabformparentheight + \"px\"});\n\t\t$('.tab-form form').css({\"max-height\" : tabformparentheight-60 + 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