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Tag Archives: curiosity

The Jazz

November 15, 2021by Michelle 1 Comment

My favourite cookbook, Cooking Com Bigode, is both more and less than a standard recipe book. Less, in that it’s low on specificity, with recipes vaguely suggesting “some onions”, “lots […]

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Straighten up and fly right: Making dialogue work

December 11, 2018by Michelle Leave a comment

Does dialogue work to harmonise conflicting views, or does it simply entrench differences? According to extensive research in the psychology of polarised opinion, the answer is discouraging: when people of […]

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A peak experience

July 10, 2017by Michelle Leave a comment

“This was the best morning of my life!”, a Year 9 student enthused, following our recent philosophy workshops at Albert Park College’s Liberal Arts Festival. Students in Years 9 – […]

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Starting them young

December 14, 2016by Michelle Leave a comment

Our early experiments in preschool philosophy have been embraced by a local kindergarten. In weekly philosophy sessions, four- and five-year-olds are learning how to think deeply about big questions, how […]

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We lit a fire…

April 14, 2015by Michelle Leave a comment

We’re overjoyed that a culture of ‘thinking about thinking’ has taken root at Heatherhill Primary School as a direct result of our Big Questions philosophy program. We’d expected that our […]

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Philosophy in the Art Room

April 2, 2015by Michelle 3 Comments

This post is adapted from a talk we recently presented to artists and teachers at an ArtPlay event entitled “But Why? Philosophy and Art with Children”. Are art and philosophy […]

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Wonder Ponder triumphs

December 25, 2014by David Urbinder 4 Comments

Parents often ask us if we can recommend any books or materials to help them engage their children in philosophical dialogue at home. As it happens, most material specifically designed […]

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How to use philosophy as a cricket bat

October 28, 2014by Michelle 2 Comments

What is philosophy to you?* Philosophy is something we do to make sense of our lives and our experiences, and to build a coherent worldview. Open-mindedness, scepticism and intellectual rigour […]

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Book review: Once Upon an If

September 12, 2014by Michelle Leave a comment

The Philosophy Foundation has a track record of producing a kind of book that’s in short supply: truly innovative contemporary guides to teaching critical and creative thinking to children. Peter […]

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Dear Young Philosophers…

August 13, 2014by Michelle 2 Comments

… a big part of being good philosophers is being able to hold two or more different understandings in our head at once, and seeing the strengths (and possible weaknesses) […]

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