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Author:   Felicity Haynes (formerly of University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9781138641105

ISBN 10:   1138641103
Pages:   130
Publication Date:   03 March 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Philosophy for Children, Values Education and the Inquiring Society 2. Philosophy and Ethics in Western Australian Secondary Schools 3. That’s Not For Our Kids: The strange death of philosophy and ethics in a low socioeconomic secondary school 4. Identifying a K-10 Developmental Framework for Teaching Philosophy 5. Developing Democratic Dispositions and Enabling Crap Detection: Claims for classroom philosophy with special reference to Western Australia and New Zealand 6. Philosophy, Art or Pedagogy? How should children experience education? 7. Kaupapa Māori, Philosophy and Schools 8. School and the Limits of Philosophy 9. Opening Teachers’ Minds to Philosophy: The crucial role of teacher education 10. What is Philosophy for Children? From an educational experiment to experimental education

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[T]he book provides interesting reflections about the role of philosophy in promoting freedom and in critically analyzing the rules established to ensure order. Philosophy can play an important role in the maintenance or in the subversion of social patterns and stratifications. - Independent Scholar and Member Italian Journal of Sociology of Education, February 2017

[T]he book provides interesting reflections about the role of philosophy in promoting freedom and in critically analyzing the rules established to ensure order. Philosophy can play an important role in the maintenance or in the subversion of social patterns and stratifications. - Independent Scholar and Member Italian Journal of Sociology of Education, February 2017

Author Information

Felicity Haynes is a retired Education researcher, who formerly taught at the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. Her research and teaching focuses on critical thinking, ethics, conceptual change, gender issues, and education. She founded the Association for Philosophy in Schools in 1987, and has been an active member of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia.

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