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QAPS events are held throughout the year to strengthen the community among philosophy teachers, and to create opportunities for teachers to meet with other professionals with an active interest in philosophy and education, to discuss philosophical issues, to develop their ideas, and to further their own professional development.
For dates check the latest newsletter or the QAPS calendar.
- Networking meetings
QAPS supports and holds informal networking meetings. They include:
- Evening workshops with guest presenters
- Forums held at various schools in which teachers can share their experiences and strategies
- Philosophy cafés - held at various venues on topical issues
- Mini-conference
The QAPS Annual conference and AGM is held during the last term of school.
- Teacher professional development and training
For more information click here
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Thinking outside the square
Education Views (Vol. 16, No. 15, October 2007)
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Congratulations Lynne Hinton, Education's 2007 Outstanding Alumnus QUT Faculty of Education News (Date: 27/05/07) |
Philosophy in schools
The Philosopher's Zone (5 May 2007)
Alan Saunders talks to Peter Ellerton, a Queensland teacher who teaches philosophy to high school children.
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Philosophy Schools + Parents, Issue 1, 2007 |
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Innovation and Creativity Award 'Learning to Think: Philosophy at Buranda State School' Buranda State School, Department of Education, Training and the Arts Department of the Premier and Cabinet (December 2006) |
Buranda's philosophy wins prestigious award
Education Views (Vol. 15, No. 22, December 1 2006)
Creative ethos earns teaching accolade
South-East Advertiser (August 2006)
Is Small Really Lost?
Encounter, ABC Radio National (17 July 2005) - transcript
Encounter goes into a classroom in inner-city Brisbane to hear how philosophical inquiry works and what occurs when 26 children aged 8 to 10 reason and think together about the big questions of life.
Ponder this
Education News –The Age (May 16, 2005)
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Philosophy in the classroom wins award for Buranda State School Education Views, Edition 5, 2005 (Posted 5/3/05) STU Mentor (Jul/Aug 2004) |
Philosophy for Children in a Primary School: How was it implemented in my own primary school?
A talk given by Ms. Lynne Hinton, Principal of Buranda State School, Brisbane, Australia
Queensland students get philosophical
Schools + Parents, Issue 1, 2004
