By Liam Lobl (Student from Ardsley High School) Coming into high school, I knew very little about philosophy, as my school district does not offer any classes even remotely within the field of philosophy. However, I was intent on getting involved in Lincoln-Douglas debate, a one-on-one competition in which philosophical “frameworks” are used to evaluate … My Journey with Philosophy
By Evan Dutmer I teach ethics and leadership in the Department of Leadership Education at Culver Academies, a boarding school in northern Indiana. I received my PhD in Ancient Philosophy from Northwestern University in 2019. In this post I’d like to share more about my experiences teaching ethics with young people and my professional journey … Cultivation Requirements: Teaching Virtue Ethics for Whole-Child Education
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
Written by Jane Rutstein Shay Above: Map of the “Arcan” Civilization as designed by my 5th-grade class. The map’s legend is written in our invented language, which is written from top to bottom instead of left to right. We are about to land on a new planet, Nearth. We are here to settle and live. … Generating Philosophical Questions through Simulation
By Dustin Webster, Co-Director Penn’s Project for Philosophy for the Young A philosophy for children (p4c) session based in the Community of Inquiry format developed by Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp follows a familiar formula: students are exposed to a ‘stimulus’, i.e. a story, video, activity etc., which is used as the basis for … <strong>Does Content Matter in Philosophy for Children?</strong>
By Debi Talukdar, PLATO Program Director One of my favorite things about teaching online, besides the fact that I get to wear pajama bottoms, is that my students are often from all over the country, and sometimes, the world. Pre-pandemic I could have never imagined doing philosophy with kids from California, New York, Canada, and … <strong>Building a Community of Philosophical Inquiry Online</strong>
By Cassie Finley, PhD Candidate in Philosophy, University of Iowa Since the launch of ChatGPT on November 30th, there has been widespread discussion among educators about what this new technology means for education. OpenAI’s ChatGPT is a large language model, which means that it uses massive amounts of existing written work to generate new writing … Incorporating ChatGPT in Philosophy Classes
By Sam Cook and Kaleigh Bronson-Cook Growing up in rural southern Utah doesn’t exactly afford young adults robust opportunities to engage with philosophy before college, that was at least, until the Southern Utah University Philosophy Lyceum. This program had such a profound impact on us personally and so many other students in our area who … Reflections on the Southern Utah Lyceum
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
My name is Cassie Finley and I’m excited to introduce myself as the new Communications Intern for PLATO. As part of my work with PLATO, I will be facilitating a new guest-blogger program with the blog Wondering Aloud. Wondering Aloud will now have 2-3 guest bloggers per month writing about their experiences with public philosophy … Introducing the PLATO Guest Blogger Series! 
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