Something to Prove: Philosophy, Community of Inquiry and Creative Thinking Dr Andrea Monteath (The Life Writing Project, 2015) Something to Prove is an introduction to philosophical thinking, and the practice of community of inquiry. Researched and written specifically for young adults and their teachers, it pokes an exploratory finger into the areas of metaphysics, epistemology,…Continue reading Something to Prove
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Art is What You Make of It
Susan Wilks & Tony Healy, Art is What You Make of It (Hawker-Brownlow, 2012) The arts perform a vital role in the growth of human consciousness because they create sensory experiences and help the development of perception and aesthetic awareness. If we use the exploration of social and cultural contexts as the framework for developing visual…Continue reading Art is What You Make of It
Social Reconstruction Learning
Jennifer Bleazby, Social Reconstruction Learning This volume argues that educational problems have their basis in an ideology of binary opposites often referred to as dualism, which is deeply embedded in all aspects of Western society and philosophy, and that it is partly because mainstream schooling incorporates dualism that it is unable to facilitate the thinking…Continue reading Social Reconstruction Learning
Philosophy Park: A beginner’s guide to great philosophers and their ideas
Philip Cam (ACER Press 2013) Philosophy Park introduces readers in the upper primary years to influential ideas of some of the world’s most famous philosophers—both ancient and modern—through conversations between a cast of colourful characters. Children first learn about each philosopher, and then read a story that unpacks a key philosophical debate, before reflecting, analysing…Continue reading Philosophy Park: A beginner’s guide to great philosophers and their ideas
Philosophical and Ethical Inquiry for the Middle Years and Beyond
Sarah Davey Chesters, Liz Fynes-Clinton, Lynne Hinton, Rosie Scholl (ACSA, 2013) This book seeks to broaden teachers’ understanding of stimuli for philosophical inquiry, and suggests a variety of easily accessible stimulus materials appropriate across disciplines. Students and teachers are able to unleash their ability to question, to satisfy their thirst for meaning and understanding, to…Continue reading Philosophical and Ethical Inquiry for the Middle Years and Beyond
The Socratic Classroom: Reflective Thinking through Collaborative Inquiry
Sarah Davey Chesters (Sense Publishers, 2012) This book provides a framework for a collaborative inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning suitable not only for formal educational settings such as the school classroom but for all educational settings. For teachers, educationalists, philosophers and philosophers of education, The Socratic Classroom presents a theoretical as well as practical…Continue reading The Socratic Classroom: Reflective Thinking through Collaborative Inquiry
Teaching Ethics in Schools
Philip Cam, ACER Press, 2012 Teaching Ethics in Schools provides a fresh approach to to moral education based on reflection and collaborative enquiry. It demonstrates how an ethics-based model can stimulate ethical enquiry, influence habits of mind and encourage students to develop good moral judgement. The book draws on the history of philosophy in succinct terms and relates this to contemporary school contexts, while including an array of activities,…Continue reading Teaching Ethics in Schools
Sophia’s Question & Teacher Resource Book
Philip Cam (Hale & Iremonger, 2011) Sophia’s Question is a philosophical novel that is a stimulus for thought on topics such as freedom, fairness, and friendship—topics which are supplemented by accessible introductions to intellectual tools such as open questions, good reasons, careful distinctions and proficient reasoning—all woven into the fabric of the novel to support deep…Continue reading Sophia’s Question & Teacher Resource Book
Discussions in Science
By Tim Sprod, Chair of the Association for Philosophy in Tasmanian Schools, past Chair of the Federation of Australasian Philosophy in Schools Associations, and past Secretary of the International Council of Philosophical Inquiry with Children. Aimed at science teachers of children ages 10-14, this book contains 18 stories that can be used to initiate a…Continue reading Discussions in Science
Chill Out!
Written and produced in collaboration between the Australian Children’s Television Foundation, South Australia Department of Education and Children’s Services, Australian Institute of Criminology, Australian Broadcasting Commission and Office of Film and Literature Classification as a Garth Boomer Scholarship project. Chill Out! is a multimedia resource which draws upon segments from the ‘Lift Off’ series to…Continue reading Chill Out!