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Teaching Philosophy as Virtuous Dialogue: Bridging the Gap between K-12 and Higher Education

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By Cassie Finley (University of Iowa) Traditionally, philosophy has had different pedagogies between the K-12 and higher education levels. Insofar as there is a “typical” approach to teaching undergraduate philosophy classes, the aims and methods generally revolve around lectures (with some discussion) and ensuring students gain philosophical content-knowledge as a means for fostering critical thinking … Teaching Philosophy as Virtuous Dialogue: Bridging the Gap between K-12 and Higher Education

Philosophy in & Beyond the Classroom

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Young woman works on a laptop in front of a building with the word "philosophy" on one of the stone blocks.

By Mark Sanders (University of North Carolina Charlotte) I have been teaching a Philosophy of Education class at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte every fall for the past five years.  The class examines the role Philosophy should have in education and should more properly be titled Philosophy of and in Education. At the … Philosophy in & Beyond the Classroom

Challenges and Growth: The Improvement of Ewha Saturday Philosophy Class

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Guest Blog Post from Chaeyeon Lee (Philosophy Ph.D. Student, University of Iowa) It has already been a decade since Ewha Saturday Philosophy Class (ESPC), a Philosophy for Children (P4C) program in South Korea, started with only two classes and 32 students. In 2013, Dr. Ji-Aeh Lee, a professor of philosophy at Ewha Womans University, and … Challenges and Growth: The Improvement of Ewha Saturday Philosophy Class

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

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NAACI Conference on “Education in a world in crisis: How philosophy for/by children might respond” in collaboration with The Mexican Federation of Philosophy for Children and the Centers Tepepan and Thinkers   [infobox color=”#6392bf” textcolor=”#000000″ icon=”calendar”] June 15-17th, 2018 in Puebla, Mexico [/infobox] Call for Papers Deadline November 30, 2017   [button href=”https://www.plato-philosophy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/NAACI-2018-CFP.pdf” style=”flat” size=”small” … Philosophy for Children Conference, hosted by NAACI, to be held June 2018 in Mexico