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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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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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AAP Prize for Innovation in Inclusive Curricula

A win for Big Questions!

July 9, 2014by Michelle 5 Comments

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 […]

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Big Questions for intergalactic philosophers

August 18, 2013by Michelle Leave a comment

Later this week, 52 novice philosophers will find themselves in an imaginary universe of zero-gravity waterslide parks, Brussel sprout ice cream, dragon appointments and a spectacular array of perplexing questions. […]

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Register for Term 1, 2013!

November 13, 2012by Michelle Leave a comment

Following the enormous success of our first workshop series, we’ve lined up some more workshops for kids in 2013. Register now or contact us with any enquiries. Title image by […]

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