Conference: 23 & 24 September 2010
This year’s conference will review the progress that philosophy has achieved in NZ secondary schools, examine the Teaching and Learning programmes for philosophy, and further develop a plan for the development of secondary philosophy teaching.
Where: Unlimited, Paenga Tawhiti, Central Christchurch
Cost: $40-$80
The conference will include the NZAPT AGM
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Philosophy is now an officially recognized secondary subject in the New Zealand school curriculum. You can view the Philosophy rationale, learning objectives, and key concepts here: http://seniorsecondary.tki.org.nz/Social-sciences/Philosophy. Browse the subject from the menu to the left.
Congratulations to all who have worked on the development of this curriculum guide, including Michael Couch, Libby Giles, Brent Silby, [...]
Brent Silby (Learning Advisor in Philosophy, Unlimited-UPT) was invited to speak at the annual Social Sciences Conference. His talk focused on the current state and future of Philosophy teaching in Secondary Schools. The powerpoint of the talk is included below:
Philosophy in Secondary Schools
Brent Silby (Unlimited) has been invited to speak about Philosophy Teaching at the 2009 Social Sciences conference, Wednesday September 30th. The presentation will focus on the importance of Philosophy Teaching in secondary schools and will demonstrate the way in which Philosophy can be taught holistically, covering multiple curriculum areas. For more info click: http://www.soccon09.org.nz/
On 30th and 31st July, Richard Tweedie (Hagley) and Brent Silby (Unlimited) worked in Auckland with David Legg (St Peters) and Libby Giles (Auckland Girls Grammar) on the further development of the Teaching and Learning Guidelines. The two days were organized in partnership with the Ministry of Education, and were facilitated by the wonderfully enthusiastic [...]
The recent Philosophy Day hosted at Auckland Girl’s Grammar was a wonderful success. Check these pics:
Richard Tweedie (Hagley Community College), Michael Couch (University of Canterbury), and Brent Silby (Unlimited) join colleagues David Legg (St Peters College), Libby Giles (Auckland Girls Grammar), and Jonathan Mckeown-Green (University of Auckland) in Wellington City for a two day writing session. During the two days the team will work on the composition of Teaching and [...]
On June 12th, 58 secondary school students met at the Department of Philosophy, University of Canterbury for a day of student driven Philosophical discussion. The day included a wonderful presentation from year 12 student Josh Grainger (Unlimited-UPT) on Libertarianism, which served as a good discussion starter for the afternoon session.
Students discussed a range of fascinating [...]
Richard Tweedie (teacher of Philosophy at Hagley Community College) has been invited to present on the status of Secondary School Philosophy teaching at the UNESCO conference in Manila. During his presentation, Richard will describe the history of Philosophy teaching in New Zealand schools and discuss our current position. He will also provide an overview of [...]
12 June 2009
Department of Philosophy, University of Canterbury
Open to all Secondary Students in Christchurch, this day will provide the opportunity for students to explore issues in Philosophy. The day will be primarily discussion based, but will also include keynote presentations from students currently studying Philosophy at Hagley, Unlimited (UPT), and The University of Canterbury.
This day [...]