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Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization

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NEH Summer Seminar for Teachers on Existentialism

NEH Summer Seminar for Teachers on Existentialism

Fully Funded 3 Week Summer Training Opportunity in Philosophy for ALL K-12 Teachers Apply to the NEH Summer Seminar on Existentialism which will be held at Mount Holyoke College in the beautiful Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. NEH Summer Seminar on

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Summer Philosophy Workshop for High School Teachers

Summer Philosophy Workshop for High School Teachers

    Attention High School Teachers: Learn how to bring Philosophy into your classrooms. Apply to the UConn Summer Institute in Philosophy which will be held at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT.            Who can

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Latest News

  • Call for Abstracts: Philosophy for Children Forebears

    Call for Abstracts: Philosophy for Children Forebears

    Call for abstracts for: Philosophy for Children Forebears edited by Maughn Rollins Gregory and Megan Jane Laverty From the editors …
  • The Teaching Hub at the Eastern APA Division Meeting

    The Teaching Hub at the Eastern APA Division Meeting

    Please join us at the Teaching Hub, which will run from Thursday, January 7, through Saturday, January 9, at the …
  • Black lives always matter

    Black lives always matter

    Dear PLATO Community: Together we grieve the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Sean Reed, Tony McDade, and …
  • 2020 PLATO Conference in San Diego is Postponed

    2020 PLATO Conference in San Diego is Postponed

    Dear PLATO members and Conference community, The past few weeks have been confusing and challenging for all of us. Everyday …
  • Introducing PLATO’s Executive Director, Debi Talukdar

    Introducing PLATO’s Executive Director, Debi Talukdar

    Dear PLATO Community   I am honored to serve as PLATO’s first Executive Director, and excited to introduce myself to …

The Philosopher’s Toolkit

  • ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

    ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

    ETHICS BOWL: Case archive: http://nhseb.unc.edu/resources/case-archive/ 2016-17 Ethics Bowl Cases: https://nhseb.unc.edu/files/2012/04/2016-17-Regional-Case-Set.pdf   Squire Family Foundation Resources: http://squirefoundation.org/teaching-learning/ Center for Talented Youth: http://squirefoundation.org/curricula/   PACTISS …
  • Searle’s Chinese Room: Do computers think?

    Searle’s Chinese Room: Do computers think?

    Can a computer think? John Searle’s Chinese Room argument can be used to argue that computers do not “think,” that …
  • Can We be Authentic in Everyday Life?

    Can We be Authentic in Everyday Life?

    “Republic of Silence,” by Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Sartre came to define post-war Existentialism.  In this prominent editorial published shortly after …
  • Activity: Keep the Question Going

    Activity: Keep the Question Going

    This game involves students generating questions collaboratively. The exercise runs easily for about ten minutes and can go for a …
  • 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 …

PLATO Resources

  • Philosophy for Teens: Questioning Life’s Big Ideas

  • EpistemeLinks: Philosophy Resources on the Internet

  • Philosophy Goes To School

  • Pragmatism Cybrary

  • Elementary Level P4C

  • Service Learning and Philosophy

  • Facing History

  • A Modular Curriculum for Introducing Philosophy to Pre-college Students

  • Creating the Ethical School

  • Provocations: Philosophy for Secondary School

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