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Philosophy and Education

Philosophy and Education
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Latest News

  • 2019 PLATO Conference: Join us in Florida

    2019 PLATO Conference: Join us in Florida

        The 2019 PLATO Conference is getting ready to blast off! Come for an amazing conference, and experience the …
  • Applying to the PLATO Philosophy Fund

    Applying to the PLATO Philosophy Fund

    Applications are now being accepted for the PLATO Philosophy Fund (PPF), supporting a wide range of innovative philosophy programs around …
  • Philosophy for Children Conference, hosted by NAACI, to be held June 2018 in Mexico

    Philosophy for Children Conference, hosted by NAACI, to be held June 2018 in Mexico

    NAACI Conference on “Education in a world in crisis: How philosophy for/by children might respond” in collaboration with The Mexican …
  • Learn about the upcoming Southern California Philosophy Academy for High School Students!

    Learn about the upcoming Southern California Philosophy Academy for High School Students!

    The SoCal Philosophy Academy for high school students will be hosted at California Lutheran University and run by Dr. Brian …
  • Reflections on Philosophy Classes for School Teachers

    Reflections on Philosophy Classes for School Teachers

    An Interview with PLATO President, Thomas Wartenberg   Since 2010, Thomas Wartenberg has led several Summer Seminars for School Teachers …

The Philosopher’s Toolkit

  • Macklemore’s White Privilege II

    Macklemore’s White Privilege II

    Seattle hip hop rapper Macklemore (aka Ben Haggerty) is one of the few widely-known rappers that is white. In his …
  • Ethical Relativism

    Ethical Relativism

    Moral Relativism Many students come to the classroom assuming values are variant.  Have you heard any of the following? After …
  • The Ethics of the Creation of Dual-Species Chimeras

    The Ethics of the Creation of Dual-Species Chimeras

    On November 6, 2015, NPR aired a story about the very controversial topic of stem cell research. This story can …
  • What is a Human Being?

    What is a Human Being?

    The first half of Brave New World  by Aldous Huxley depicts a socially programmed society in which advances in science and …
  • Logic Charades

    Logic Charades

    Materials needed Props and costumes (not necessary but fun) for enacting any of the skits Construction paper and markers to …

PLATO Resources

  • Reflections on Assessment

  • Philosophy, University of Texas A&M

  • On Becoming Responsible

  • Something to Prove: philosophy, community of inquiry & creative thinking

  • International K-12 Courses (PDF)

  • Erratic Impact’s Philosophy Research Base

  • Center for Public Philosophy, University of California-Santa Cruz

  • Bristol University’s Virtual Library: Philosophy

  • Moral Problems: A Coursebook

  • A Rulebook for Arguments

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PLATO promotes philosophy classes for all K-12 students, including those in classrooms least likely to have access to academic enrichment programs. Bringing together the education and philosophy communities, PLATO celebrates diversity within the philosophy classroom and endorses a wide variety of philosophical approaches and methods.

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