‘Education to independence demands that young people should be accustomed early to consult their own sense of propriety and their own reason. To regard study as mere receptivity and memory work is to have a most incomplete view of what instruction means.’
G.W.F Hegel (1770-1831)
We work in schools, home education groups, business and communities running regular, or one-off, philosophy sessions and workshops.
We train teachers in questioning, enquiry, storytelling and thinking skills.
We train philosophers to be able to do Philosophical Enquiry with anyone from 3-103.
Should schools teach philosophy? When literacy and numeracy levels have not improved in 55 years, shouldn’t teachers be concentrating on improving the three Rs rather than introducing a fourth? Peter Worley, co-founder and CEO of The Philosophy Foundation, talks with Michael Hand from the Institute of Education and Stephen Boulter from Oxford Brookes University about whether children can do philosophy, and if schools should teach it, how should it be done? Listen to the Philosophy Now radio show, first broadcast on 13 March 2012 on Resonance FM:
www.philosophynow/podcasts/Philosophy_in_Education
Our community of philosophy teachers are specialists in philosophy (minimum of a joint BA Hons in philosophy) and are able to do philosophy with everyone from nursery to adulthood.
The Philosophy Foundation is a registered charity (registered number 1140338) and a company registered in England and Wales (company number 7416912)