Links to sites which FAPSA Members have found useful to their school level Philosophy teaching.
Organisations
ACPC Austrian Center of Philosophy with Children
American Philosophical Association Committee on Pre-College Instruction in Philosophy includes advice to philosophers seeking a pre-college teaching position, to teachers who want to teach philosophy, on how to teach pre-college philosophy and on resources.
Centre for the Advancement of Philosophy in Schools (USA)
IAPC (Institute for Advancement of Philosophy with Children) Montclair State University - home of Matthew Lipman
Philosophy for Children Association of NSW (New South Wales, Australia)
Philosophy with Children and Youth a Norwegian based organisation that promotes P4C. Information and resources on concepts like justice, knowledge, truth, responsibility, suffering, identity and freedom.
Monash University Centre for Public Philosophy was established to promote research and debate about ideas and values of importance to our community. The Centre offers workshops and forums designed for members of the professions, school students, and the general public.
New Zealand Philosophy for Children site A great P4C site which includes lesson plans.
p4c.net Philosophy for Children on the World Wide Web
Philosophical Society of England articles, meetings, talks, books and courses
Queensland Association for Philosophy in Schools
SAPERE is intended as a guide to Philosophy for Children in the UK. It has been created by SAPERE - a small charity whose members are interested in the role of philosophical enquiry in education both as a model of rigorous thinking and as a celebration of wonder and open-mindedness.
The Society for Philosophy in Practice
Classroom Resources
ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research) has Philosophy resources for sale. Search through their site to find these.
Comix Philosophical is a collection of philosophical comics many of which seem to suffer badly from their North American origin. Some may provide good stimulus material for lessons.
Alain de Botton & Philosophy as a Guide to Happiness Activities and texts related to Alain de Botton's "Philosophy, A Guide to Happiness" (Video available through ABC shop) and the book "The Consolations of Philosophy".
Ethics Updates is designed primarily to be used by ethics instructors and their students. It is intended to provide updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethics. Founded in 1994 and edited by Lawrence M. Hinman. "Case Studies for discussion" may prove especially useful.
Robert Fisher 'Adventures in ideas' Thinking site
The Kid’s Philosophy Slam This contest is for grade levels K-12 and has a division for International entries. The competition encourages students to think for themselves and allows them to express
their ideas in a variety of formats, such as writing, drawing, painting, or poetry. "The Kids Philosophy Slam is a program designed to make philosophy accessible and fun for students of all ages and abilities." Only in America?
La Trobe University VCE Philosophy Support Program
The aim of the Program is to provide support for teachers who intend to offer any of the VCE Philosophy Units 1 to 4 in 2004.
The package consists of the following elements:
1. Intensive four day program (10.00am to 4.00pm daily). A certificate of attendance will be available for people who complete the Intensive.
2. Support Forums held during the teaching year. The dates and times of these will be determined after consultation with the participants. The aim of these forums is for teachers to share their difficulties and successes and to receive specific support from the La Trobe Philosophy Program staff. They will be held on Sundays between 10.00am and 4.00pm.
3. A phone-in or e-mail service for teachers who need advice-on-the-run when the teaching year has begun. This service will be available on a "reasonable use" basis throughout the teaching year 2004/5.
NEWSWISE is an online educational resource based on topical news stories. It is designed to improve the literacy and thinking skills of children and young people aged between 8 and 18. It will also encourage thoughtful discussion and provide an online forum where children can to follow up ideas with help from experienced teachers.
The Philosopher's Teaparty is a project that children can take part in. There are short items of stimulus material and opportunities for children to add their ideas via a notice-board.
Philosophy for Kids includes m aterials to use in doing philosophy with children, with the emphasis on story resources.
VCE and other later years Philosophy resources miscellaneous teaching materials contributed by practicing teachers
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority VCE Philosophy resources
Videos which teachers have found useful in their school level Philosophy teaching please contribute to this list
Zeno's Coffeehouse You may find here puzzles suitable for your students.
Compilations of Online Resources, Dictionaries, Encylopaedias.
Blupete's Philosophy site includes a good range of biographies with summaries of thinking: Aristotle René Descartes, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Immanuel Kant, Plato, Sir Karl Popper, Jean-Paul Sartre, Arthur Schopenhauer, Benedict de Spinoza, Sigmund Freud, Machiavelli and more
A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
Episteme Links is a extensive philosophy site arranged into topic sections with substantial searching facilities.
Erratic Impact is a site built for research in philosophy.
Ethics at RS-Web The ethics section of Religious Studies on the Web contains links listed by ethical theory and issue. There is a glossary of terms and links to online versions of major philosophical works.
A Guide to Philosophy on the Internet An extensive guide maintained by Peter Suber,a professor of Philosophy at Earlham College
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy A vast resource containing articles on philosophers, philosophical theories, terms, movements and so on.
Melbourne High School VCE Philosophy Resource Pathways
Monash University: Philosophy in Cyberspace is an annotated guide to a vast range of electronic information available on the Internet for the philosophical community. It will help you save time in locating philosophy-related resources, assist you in your research or study, aid in the collection of course materials, and much more
Philosophy Pages from Garth Kemerling This site offers information for students of the Western philosophical tradition.
The site includes:
A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names.
A survey of the History of Western Philosophy.
A Timeline for the intellectual figures discussed here.
Detailed discussion of several major Philosophers.
Summary treatment of the elementary principles of Logic
A generic Study Guide for students of philosophy.
Links to other philosophy Sites on the Internet.
Squashed Philosophers Read the great works in an afternoon !
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Journals, Newsletters, etc.
Childhood & Philosophy A journal of the international council of philosophical inquiry with children.
Journal 100: European Children Think Together Children from ten countries of Europe write together in one journal. Includes valuable list of skills, guidelines for evaluation, examples of children's stories and more
The Online Edition of the Philosopher a magazine for the general reader.
The Philosophers' Magazine The Philosophers' Magazine, Philosophical Games, Discussion Board and more
Philosophy Now is (according to its website) the news-stand magazine for everyone interested in philosophy. It aims to corrupt innocent citizens by convincing them that philosophy can be exciting, worthwhile and comprehensible, and also to provide some light and enjoyable reading matter for those already ensnared by the muse, such as philosophy students and academics. Their Australasian Philosophy Events Calendar is available at: http://www.philosophynow.org/calendar/ausnz.htm
Teaching Philosophy journal is a peer-reviewed forum for the exchange of ideas and information regarding both the practical and the theoretical aspects of teaching and learning philosophy.
Miscellaneous
Austhink is a critical thinking education, training and consulting group
Childrenthinking was set up by practising teachers in order to provide support and training in the area of Philosophy with Children. It coordinates a range of courses and systems of mentoring and support for teachers.
Film Philosophy Founded in November 1996, Film-Philosophy (ISSN 1466-4615) is an international salon-journal which promotes philosophical review of cinema and film studies. It has an online readership of over 5,000 individual visitors every month and has more than 1,000 permanent members worldwide.
Gatherings of the Philosophically inclined
Atheist, Existentialist, Roman Catholic …through to … Zoroastrian. A listing of various public lectures, discussions, Philosophy cafes etc. Absolutely no endorsement by VAPS is to be inferred....go there
Humour Philosophical Philosophical humor compiled by David Chalmers
Logic and Fallacies on the Atheism Web. An introduction to constructing logical arguments, together with an intriguing list of common fallacies
Adventures on Philosopher's Island Philosopher's Island is a story which asks questions designed to explore aspects of philosophy. This is an area wher young people can discuss these issues.
The Play Ethic For centuries, the work ethic has kept us chained to our jobs and routines. But the Play Ethic will change all that. Writer and social commentator Pat Kane explains why all work and no play is bad for us and bad for business.
Reason!Able is a software package. It helps build simple diagrams of complex reasoning.
Songs Philosophy songs from V. Alan White, Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin. May have limited appeal to a P-12 audience but there may be some ideas there that students could build upon.
Symbolic logic: an introduction online
Taylor Primary School (ACT) A very good statement of a school's Philosophy for Children program (P4C)
Teaching Thinking and Creativity Contains information about Robert Fisher's books on thinking and philosophy for children.
Teaching your child philosophy site provides resources to aid in the teaching of children by means of dialogues. The dialogues on the web pages relate to teaching children about truth, logic, faith, ethics and the foundations of mathematics.
Tuckswood Community First School (UK) has a school website with a strong Philosophy for Children theme