Philosophy in Schools Conference
University of St Andrews, Saturday 3rd November 2012
School III, St Salvators Quad, University of St Andrews
Venue: School III, St Salvators Quad, University of St Andrews
The Departments of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews are pleased to announce a one-day conference on Philosophy in Schools (teaching philosophy to children and young adults), to be held in St Salvators Quad at the University of St Andrews on Saturday 3 November, 2012.
The day will consist of four hour-long sessions, with built-in Q&A time, delivered by key speakers experienced in the field of philosophy for children/teaching philosophy in schools, culminating in a final round table discussion.
This conference is open to all educators and educationalists, and interested members of the public, and will be of particular interest to primary and secondary school teachers, and nursery teachers, who are, or wish to be, involved in teaching philosophy at any level.
The confirmed speakers are:
- Peter Worley, CEO and co-founder of The Philosophy Foundation, author of The If Machine: Philosophical Enquiry in the Classroom.
- Joanna Haynes, Associate Professor in Education at Plymouth University, author of Children as Philosophers and co-author of Storywise: Thinking through Stories, and Picturebooks, Pedagogy and Philosophy.
- Berys Gaut, Professor of Philosophy, St Andrews; co-author of Philosophy for Young Children: A Practical Guide.
- Morag Gaut, teacher at Anstruther Primary School and St Andrews Nursery, Fife; co-author of Philosophy for Young Children: A Practical Guide.
- Lisa Jones, Senior Teaching Fellow, St Andrews, founder of St Andrews POPS (Philosophy Outreach Programme: Schools)
- Scott Duncan, RMPS and Philosophy teacher at Waid Academy, Fife, and Development Officer for Education Scotland.
The programme for the day is provided below.
Registration for this event is now closed.
We are grateful to the Royal Institute of Philosophy for its support of this conference
Programme
- 10.00-10.30 Coffee and welcome
- 10.30-11.30 Joanna Haynes (Plymouth), "Feeling the pea beneath the mattresses: philosophy in school as an imaginative and critical practice"
- 11.45-12.45 Berys Gaut and Morag Gaut (St Andrews/Anstruther), "Teaching Philosophy to Young Children"
Lunch (catered lunch for speakers only)
Coffee available for all from 1.30
- 2.00-3.00 Scott Duncan and Lisa Jones (St Andrews/Anstruther), "Teaching Philosophy in Secondary Education: tips and pitfalls"
- 3.15-4.15 Peter Worley (London), "The Worley Method of Philosophical Enquiry"
- 4.30-5.15 Round table discussion (chair: Prof. Katherine Hawley, St Andrews)
Conference close.
