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6th December 2008: ABC: The Philosopher's Zone: Teaching children to be philosophers.

To view the full transcript of The Philosopher's Zone, click here.

Prof. Phil Cam from the University of NSW speaks about the benefits of having Philosophy for Children within the curriculum. The Philosopher's Zone visit Stanmore Public School where P4C has been operating for two years; speak to the Principal Frances Larkin, Dan Smith a Year 6 teacher and Year 6 students about P4C.

Philosophy by Topic

This site contains information and links to a range of topics within Philosophy including:
Aesthetics; African Philosophy; Ancient Philosophy; Philosophy of Biology; Philosophy for Children; Chinese Philosophy; Continental Philosophy; Philosophy of Education; 18th Century Philosophy; Environmental Philosophy; Ethics; Philosophy of Geography; History of Philosophy; Philosophy of History; Indian Philosophy; Islamic Philosophy; Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Law; Logic; Philosophy of Maths; Mediaeval Philosophy; Metaphysics; Philosophy of Mind (including philosophy of psychology); Philosophy of Parapsychology; Philosophy of Physics; Philosophy of Politics; Philosophy of Religion; and, Philosophy of Science (incl. Technology, & Cosmology)

The Israel Center for Philosophy in Education (In Hebrew)

 

 

Offline Resources for Teaching Philosophy for Children

Discussions in Science by Dr. Tim Sprod (Book) 2011
More information can be obtained about this book - attached flyer (PDF)

 

Values Education in Schools by Burgh, Freakley & Tilt MacSporran (Book)
More information can be obtained about this book at ACER or the attached flyer (PDF)

Australasian catalogue of Curriculum Materials and Teacher Resources (Word doc)

This catalogue has a listing of books and journals that will help in the learning and teaching of P4C.

UNESCO Study: "Philosophy: A School of Freedom"

"UNESCO has just released an important publication surveying P4C worldwide. Australia features fairly prominently. A summary of Australia's contribution by Stephan Millett is nicely displayed." (Source: Alan Tapper)

Philosophy and Ethics Books

"The first book in the series (for units 1A and 1B of the Philosophy and Ethics course) will be very useful for anyone in middle school (years 5-9) with gifted or talented kids: it has lots of activities. The other two will be good for slightly older kids wishing to get their teeth into something. All three would be a good resource for teachers to train themselves in philosophy and critical thinking. We wrote them with teaching in mind." (Source: Stephan Millett)

These books ($56.95) can be ordered Online here - you need to go to halfway down the page.