ETHICAL CAPABILITY Mini-Workshop

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Sunday 28th Oct 9:30 amVENUE: Brunswick East Primary School 195A Stewart St, Brunswick East VIC Map SCHEDULE 9:30 Registration9:45 Overview of the Ethical Capability10:00 Understanding Concepts. Focus “Freedom”11:00 Break11:30 Decision-Making.Topic: “Monuments”12:30 Rubrics for assessment1:00 Finish INQUIRIES: Dr Janette PoultonVAPS Education & Innovations OfficerEthical Capabilities (Project Coordinator Northern Hub)■ M 0425 707 968 ■ E educationofficer@vaps.vic.edu.au …

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CampUs for Young PEiPL

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CampUs: Adventures in Ideas Rob WilsonKaren BlandLa Trobe University Philosophy out of schools was first developed in Canada, taking form since 2008 in Eurekamp! Adventures in Ideas for Curious Children.  It is a descendant of traditional inquiry-based methodology pioneered in the 1970’s under Mathew Lipman and Anne Margaret Sharp through the Institute for the Advancement of …

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VAPS VCE Forum on the Good Life

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The Good Life DATE: 29th July, 2018. TIME: 12:30 – 4:30. VENUE: Victorian College of the Arts (VCASS) 57 Miles St, Southbank, Victoria. INQUIRIES: janette.poulton@gmail.com PROGRAM 12:30: Venue opens for registration 1:00: Dr Matthew Sharpe (Deakin University) On Callicles, Plato and Aristotle and the Good Life Associate Professor Matthew Sharpe teaches philosophy at Deakin, and …

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Learning Forum, the Joint Caucus of Socially Engaged Philosophers and Historians of Science

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JCSEPHS Needs You! This is a call for expressions of interest in participating in a Learning Forum to be convened by JCSEPHS (the Joint Caucus of Socially Engaged Philosophers and Historians of Science) and held at the Philosophy of Science Assoc./History of Science Soc. meetings in November 2018 in Seattle. Self-nominations and those of others involved in social engagement …

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Philosophy Out of School

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July 9th-10th: “Philosophy Out of School”, This is a joint workshop with Rob Wilson and Karen Bland, and will take place at the Federation of Australasian Philosophy in the Schools Associations biennial conference.. What was once called Philosophy for/with Children (P4C), now known as Philosophy in Schools incorporates philosophical inquiry in the classroom, reflective education and Socratic …

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Symposium: Perspectives on the Eugenic Mind

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May 25th: “Perspectives on the Eugenic Mind”, supported by the ARC Laureate project “A Philosophy of Medicine for the 21st Century” and the Politics, Governance and Ethics Program of the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney. This is half-day symposium features Rob Wilson (philosophy), Lynette Russell (history, indigenous studies), Evelleen Richards (history of science), Hans Pols (history of …

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Philosophical Enquiry in Schools Workshop

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Bookings are now open for this free introductory workshop, designed for senior undergraduate and postgraduate philosophy students and others with a background or interest in academic philosophy. Attending this workshop is a starting point for those who may wish to become Philosophers-in-Residence in schools after completing more extensive training, observation and facilitation practice. The workshop …

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