Society of Philosophy for the Young (SOPHY) is an affiliate of the
Federation of Australasia Philosophy in Schools Association and operates out of the
Australian Capital Territory.

Philosophy for Children is an internationally renowned educational program teaching children

• how to think,
• not what to think, and,
• to understand their thinking.

It prepares children to be effective thinkers across the whole curriculum through the development of problem-solving and reasoning skills.

Classroom philosophy provides opportunities for students to present a point of view, challenge ideas, and develop respect for and an openness to the opinions of others.

Philosophy for Children (P4C) has proven to be an ideal program for Values Education.

Children’s experience is replete with ethical concerns and issues, rather than dictate a set of prescribed values to children.

Philosophy for Children seeks to help them strengthen their own capacity to appraise and respond to alternatives; to self-correct their habits of thought, feeling and action through sustained ethical inquiry.

Moreover, Philosophy for Children’s egalitarian nature, commitment to varying viewpoints and insistence on the inherent value of all participants helps foster empathy and pro-social behavior as an essential basis for values education.

 

SOPHY promotes Philosophy in Schools within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

Membership Cost per Year:

• Individual $50
• Concession or Student $25

Address:
Society of Philosophy for the Young (SOPHY)
Postal Address:
SOPHY
PO Box 3768
Manuka ACT 2603

SOPHY Executive 2007 - 2008

SOPHY ABN: 27137960205