NZAPT Conference 2012
Teaching and Assessing Philosophy:
New Philosophy programmes and assessment materials for secondary schools.

This year’s NZAPT Conference will gravitate around our two-year plan to further develop the presence of Philosophy in schools. We will review recently developed assessment criteria for Achievement Standards in Philosophy, as well as ways of increasing the number of Philosophy teachers in secondary schools. There will also be a show-and-tell of new resources, along with workshops for teacher and student resource materials for Level 1-3 Philosophy courses:

• Level 1 Ethics,
• Level 2 Epistemology
• Level 3 Critical Thinking

WHEN
September 27-28, 2012 (Term 3 break)

WHERE
Rangi Ruru Girls School
59 Hewitts Road
Christchurch

COST
TBC

ACCOMODATION
Rangi Ruru has 3 self-contained flats - each with 6 single bedrooms. The price per person is $30 per night for accommodation only. (This includes all bedding and towels). If you are interested please let me know.

Further details will be sent out as they are finalised. To register your provisional interest please click REPLY and complete the form below.
Jay Sloss, Rangi Ruru Girls School
Email: j.sloss@rangiruru.school.nz
Text: 021 122 4256

At our recent Philosophy Teachers conference, Dr David Legg (Philosophy teacher at St Peters College, Auckland) was awarded life time membership to the NZAPT. He was also the inaugural recipient of the NZAPT Gadfly award. David retires from teaching this year.

Jay Sloss, Philosophy teacher at Rangi Ruru Girls’ school (Christchurch), discusses Philosophy and its future in the classroom. Listen to the full radio interview…

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The above article appeared in the Christchurch Press in 2008. This is a good example of the promotional opportunities that exist within the main stream media. Raising awareness of Philosophy is one part of our on-going mission to get more Philosophy into New Zealand schools.

This year’s conference will be held on 6th and 7th October at Auckland Girls’ Grammar School. The focus of the conference will be on the progress of philosophy as a recognised subject in secondary schools, review of the teaching and learning guidelines for philosophy, and further development of plans for teaching and assessing philosophy in NZ.

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New Zealand Association of Philosophy Teachers Conference

6&7 October 2011

This year’s conference will focus on the progress of philosophy as a recognised subject in secondary schools, review the teaching and learning guidelines for philosophy, and further develop plans for teaching and assessing philosophy in NZ.

Where: Auckland Girls’ Grammar School,
Cost: $50-$90 The conference will include the NZAPT AGM

For further details and registration, contact: Libby Giles
email: lgiles@aggs.school.nz

Want Philosophy offered in more schools? If so, then join our Facebook group!

Philosophy is the most awesome subject. Where else can you ask (and answer) such fascinating questions as: Does God exist? Is my mind identical to my brain? Is my brain a computer? What is evolution? Where did the Universe come from? Is it morally permissible to kill a murderer? What is a conscious experience? What is beauty? Are we obliged to care for the poor?

Students love Philosophy, and yet only a handful of New Zealand schools offer the subject. Do you want more Philosophy in schools? Let’s get it out there.

Let’s add your school’s name to this list:

==Schools teaching Philosophy==
* Hagley Community College
* Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti
* Auckland Girls’ Grammar
* St Peter’s College
* Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
* Tauranga Boys’ College
* Western Springs College

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It is always pleasing to hear of another school offering Philosophy to its students. Christchurch’s Burnside Highschool now has a weekly Philosophy club, which operates on Thursday afternoons. The club is facilitated by Brent Milligan and is attracting a good number of students. So far this year the group has been covering metaphysics and they will soon move on to ethics.

We look forward to hearing more as the Philosophy club at Burnside grows.

We have launched a new Facebook group which will serve as an additional networking option for New Zealand teachers of Philosophy.
>>Click to visit NZAPT on Facebook

If you’re in Christchurch, feel free to join us for our next Cafe Philosophy.
This is a discussion group for Christchurch students and teachers of Philosophy.