A win for Big Questions!
We’re excited to announce that our in-school program Big Questions has just won a prize! It’s the inaugural Prize for Innovation in Inclusive Curricula, awarded by the Australasian Association of […]
Tag Archives: critical thinking
Book review: Provocations
Oddly, very few books exist to foster philosophical enquiry among high schoolers. Of these few, David Birch’s Provocations is a standout, distinguished by the originality, breadth and richness of its […]
Tripping over logic
Interested in a quirky picture book for grown-ups? Take a look at An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments by Ali Almossawi, with woodcut-style illustrations by Alejandro Giraldo. In a bold […]
Kids & Philosophy: A cinematic feast
Anyone keen to foster children’s curiosity and philosophical thinking is sure to savour this banquet of short films. Bon appétit! Our appetiser is Zia Hassan’s 9 year old discusses the […]
Are they the aliens, or are we?
Most kids find The Philosophy Club unusual, because it’s rare for them to find other opportunities – either in school or home – to think and talk about deep questions […]
Ho ho ho! (Q.E.D.)
(Or, This Festive Season, Teach Your Children to Believe Responsibly) Currently circulating on social media is this letter from a couple of well-intentioned parents to their questioning son, who is […]
World Philosophy Day: What about the kids?
We know that children benefit in diverse and important ways from engaging in philosophical questioning and dialogue. So why do so few primary schools in Australia dedicate class time to […]
A professional human being
Recently I’ve seen a spate of articles along the lines of ‘What Philosophy Can Do For You’, focusing on the high results that philosophy students score on graduate school admissions […]
Are philosophers still relevant?
(Or, Earning Your Keep in the Ivory Tower) In a memorable passage from his Essays (published in 1580), Michel de Montaigne describes philosophers as one-eyed ranters who do nothing but […]
Can you kill a goat by staring at it?
This year’s $1 million TED Prize was awarded to a novel educational project that encourages small groups of children to work together, using the internet to answer big questions that […]
