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Join us on Monday, October 25, 2021 at 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT for a virtual event: High School Philosophy Teaching. Register for the event at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItfuqrpzosHNDZlo3XcGI4wtz3wkFZk6ah PLATO is excited to present a panel discussion with five high school teachers from across the United States about successfully incorporating philosophy in high schools. Participants will … Virtual Event: High School Philosophy Teaching

Call for Proposals Philosophy Across the Generations APA Eastern Division Meeting January 5—January 8, 2022 Montreal, Canada The Philosophy Teaching and Learning Organization (PLATO) seeks panelists for a session on engaging with philosophy across the generations, at the AAPT-APA Teaching Hub at the 2022 APA Eastern Division meeting, January 5—January 8, 2022, in Montreal Canada. … Call for Proposals – APA Eastern Division Meeting

Join us on June 15, 2021 at 7 pm EST/ 4 pm PST for a virtual event: Why Kids Are Good for Philosophy. Register for the event at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEud-iqqDotH9xnPrM8BHZQkblzjW7sBN2e We often talk about why philosophy is good for kids, but why are kids good for philosophy?  PLATO is proud to host a virtual panel discussion … Virtual Event: Why Kids Are Good for Philosophy

Join us on May 4th at 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT to meet the authors of the Big Ideas for Young Thinkers Book Series. Register for the event here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIuceCopj8qHtdM7Q0sL9P-BaxPaMXyeHhy The Big Ideas for Young Thinkers book series focuses on innovative ideas for teaching philosophy to pre-college students. This webinar brings together Dr. Claire Katz, Dr. Erik Kenyon, … Meet the Authors of the Big Ideas for Young Thinkers Book Series

Little Voices, Big Ideas podcast, on New Orleans Public Radio, explores the rich and often surprising content of children’s books—and ways to have meaningful conversations about big ideas in little books with the children in our lives. Hosted by Sarah DeBacher with contributions from humanities professors: Dr. Helen Taylor, Dr. Thomas Wartenberg (PLATO Board Member), … Little Voices, Big Ideas podcast

The Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children at Montclair State University (IAPC) is proud to announce three new, important resources for engaging in thoughtful dialogue with children and teens. One is the revival of Thinking in Stories: Reviewing Philosophy in Children’s Literature as an active weblog (https://www.montclair.edu/iapc/thinking-in-stories/). Each post in the weblog summarizes a popular … New Resources from the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children at Montclair State University

Call for abstracts for: Philosophy for Children Forebears edited by Maughn Rollins Gregory and Megan Jane Laverty From the editors of the Philosophy for Children Founders series with Routledge (https://www.routledge.com/Philosophy-for-Children-Founders/book-series/P4CF). In addition to re-evaluating pioneers of the contemporary philosophy for/with children movement, we intend the series to look back to precursors of the movement, to … Call for Abstracts: Philosophy for Children Forebears

Please join us at the Teaching Hub, which will run from Thursday, January 7, through Saturday, January 9, at the 2021 Eastern Division meeting. The Teaching Hub is a series of interactive workshops and open conversations designed specifically for philosophers and created to celebrate teaching within the context of the APA divisional meetings. Jointly organized … The Teaching Hub at the Eastern APA Division Meeting

Dear PLATO Community: Together we grieve the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Sean Reed, Tony McDade, and so many others before them. I hope the resulting protests for racial justice make us critically examine the systems we are part of that are built on and sustained by institutional oppression – specifically, anti-Black … Black lives always matter