Thursday, 10 April 2014

the philosophy foundation

Bringing philosophy into the English language classroom makes very good sense:
Jay Doubleyou: complexity
Jay Doubleyou: socratic method
Jay Doubleyou: socratic method pt 2
Jay Doubleyou: questioning and problem-solving

Here's a very interesting organisation which seeks to integrate philosophy into everyday learning:


The Philosophy Foundation

An award winning educational charity raising aspirations and attainment through doing philosophical enquiry in the classroom. We also work in the community and business as part of our life-long learning initiative.

A Quick Overview

We work in schoolshome education groupsbusiness and communities running regular, or one-off, philosophy sessions and workshops.
We train teachers in questioning, enquiry, storytelling and thinking skills.

Why We Do It - The Philosophy Now Radion Show version

Should schools teach philosophy? When literacy and numeracy levels have not improved in 55 years, shouldn’t teachers be concentrating on improving the three Rs rather than introducing a fourth? Peter Worley, co-founder and CEO of The Philosophy Foundation, talks with Michael Hand from the Institute of Education and Stephen Boulter from Oxford Brookes University about whether children can do philosophy, and if schools should teach it, how should it be done? Listen to the Philosophy Now radio show, first broadcast on 13 March 2012 on Resonance FM: 
Our community of philosophy teachers are specialists in philosophy (minimum of a joint BA Hons in philosophy) and are able to do philosophy with everyone from nursery to adulthood. 

The Philosophy Foundation | Thinking Changes
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