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Philosophy and Education

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Latest News

  • Job Opening at PLATO: Executive Director

    Job Opening at PLATO: Executive Director

    PLATO is Hiring! Interested candidates should send an email message describing their interest in the position, along with an attached …
  • PLATO Toolkit Competition

    PLATO Toolkit Competition

    Share your philosophical expertise with the community! The PLATO Toolkit offers free lesson plans to K-12 teachers on our website …
  • Successful Philosophy in the Community Program in Montana

    Successful Philosophy in the Community Program in Montana

    Merlin CCC offers philosophy experiences in Helena, Montana for community members of all ages. This organization believes that philosophy can …
  • Philosophy for Children Program at California State University Bakersfield

    Philosophy for Children Program at California State University Bakersfield

    PLATO would like to thank Senem Saner, PhD from the Philosophy Department at California State University Bakersfield for taking the …
  • New Philosophy Summer Camp for Children Focusing on the Environment

    New Philosophy Summer Camp for Children Focusing on the Environment

    The Environmental Explorers Philosophy Summer Camp will be held June 3-7 PLATO would like to thank Rika Tsuji for contributing …

The Philosopher’s Toolkit

  • Who Is Right?: Values, Norms, and Rules in Different Cultures

    Who Is Right?: Values, Norms, and Rules in Different Cultures

    This is a discussion guide with optional readings and exercises, on the topic of Values, Norms, and Rules in Different …
  • What Do We Find Beautiful?

    What Do We Find Beautiful?

    Introduction Students should be given a week to do the following assignment (though it can be revised as needed to …
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  • Snooping Around Snopes: Assessing Fake News

    Snooping Around Snopes: Assessing Fake News

    This lesson revolves around reading and discussing Carl Sagan’s “The Fine Art of Baloney Detection” and then sending students to …

PLATO Resources

  • Philosophy in Education: Questioning and Dialogue in Schools

  • Philosophers’ Imprint

  • The Moral Instinct

  • Erratic Impact’s Philosophy Research Base

  • Dialogues with Children

  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

  • Ethics 109: What is a child?

  • Dualist: Stanford’s Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy

  • University of Washington Center for Philosophy for Children

  • Philosophy, University of Texas A&M

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