Book 157 views
Why Teach Philosophy in Schools: The case for philosophy on the curriculum
Swansea University Author: Jane Gatley
Abstract
This book presents a case for teaching philosophy in schools. It develops two original arguments for teaching philosophy to all students at some point over the course of their education. Gatley argues that teaching philosophy is the best way to help students to think clearly using ordinary, or non-s...
ISBN: | 9781350268357 |
---|---|
Published: |
London
Bloomsbury
2023
|
Online Access: |
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-teach-philosophy-in-schools-9781350268357/#:~:text=Description,the%20course%20of%20their%20education. |
URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66462 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
first_indexed |
2024-05-17T10:42:59Z |
---|---|
last_indexed |
2024-05-17T10:42:59Z |
id |
cronfa66462 |
recordtype |
SURis |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rfc1807 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><bib-version>v2</bib-version><id>66462</id><entry>2024-05-17</entry><title>Why Teach Philosophy in Schools: The case for philosophy on the curriculum</title><swanseaauthors><author><sid>c4e96c9e3ef14ef3fc4f926397d9ff48</sid><ORCID>0000-0001-7225-1835</ORCID><firstname>Jane</firstname><surname>Gatley</surname><name>Jane Gatley</name><active>true</active><ethesisStudent>false</ethesisStudent></author></swanseaauthors><date>2024-05-17</date><deptcode>SOSS</deptcode><abstract>This book presents a case for teaching philosophy in schools. It develops two original arguments for teaching philosophy to all students at some point over the course of their education. Gatley argues that teaching philosophy is the best way to help students to think clearly using ordinary, or non-specialist concepts such as 'good', 'truth', or 'happiness'. She goes on to argue that teaching philosophy is the best way to help students to make sense of the different conceptual schemes used by different school subjects. Combining these two arguments, Gatley suggests that these two roles for philosophy are central to the task of educating people, and so philosophy ought to be included on school curricula. Building on the work of philosophers of education including Richard Stanley Peters, Harry Brighouse, Matthew Lipman, Mary Midgley and Martha Nussbaum, the book covers a range of topics including Philosophy for Children (P4C), the aims education, religious education, curriculum design and education policy.</abstract><type>Book</type><journal/><volume/><journalNumber/><paginationStart/><paginationEnd/><publisher>Bloomsbury</publisher><placeOfPublication>London</placeOfPublication><isbnPrint>9781350268357</isbnPrint><isbnElectronic/><issnPrint/><issnElectronic/><keywords/><publishedDay>6</publishedDay><publishedMonth>4</publishedMonth><publishedYear>2023</publishedYear><publishedDate>2023-04-06</publishedDate><doi/><url>https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-teach-philosophy-in-schools-9781350268357/#:~:text=Description,the%20course%20of%20their%20education.</url><notes>https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-teach-philosophy-in-schools-9781350268357/#:~:text=Description,the%20course%20of%20their%20education.</notes><college>COLLEGE NANME</college><department>Social Sciences School</department><CollegeCode>COLLEGE CODE</CollegeCode><DepartmentCode>SOSS</DepartmentCode><institution>Swansea University</institution><apcterm>Not Required</apcterm><funders>ESRC</funders><projectreference>ES/W006146/1</projectreference><lastEdited>2024-06-24T16:01:54.3219026</lastEdited><Created>2024-05-17T11:37:54.7558339</Created><path><level id="1">Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences</level><level id="2">School of Social Sciences - Education and Childhood Studies</level></path><authors><author><firstname>Jane</firstname><surname>Gatley</surname><orcid>0000-0001-7225-1835</orcid><order>1</order></author></authors><documents/><OutputDurs/></rfc1807> |
spelling |
v2 66462 2024-05-17 Why Teach Philosophy in Schools: The case for philosophy on the curriculum c4e96c9e3ef14ef3fc4f926397d9ff48 0000-0001-7225-1835 Jane Gatley Jane Gatley true false 2024-05-17 SOSS This book presents a case for teaching philosophy in schools. It develops two original arguments for teaching philosophy to all students at some point over the course of their education. Gatley argues that teaching philosophy is the best way to help students to think clearly using ordinary, or non-specialist concepts such as 'good', 'truth', or 'happiness'. She goes on to argue that teaching philosophy is the best way to help students to make sense of the different conceptual schemes used by different school subjects. Combining these two arguments, Gatley suggests that these two roles for philosophy are central to the task of educating people, and so philosophy ought to be included on school curricula. Building on the work of philosophers of education including Richard Stanley Peters, Harry Brighouse, Matthew Lipman, Mary Midgley and Martha Nussbaum, the book covers a range of topics including Philosophy for Children (P4C), the aims education, religious education, curriculum design and education policy. Book Bloomsbury London 9781350268357 6 4 2023 2023-04-06 https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-teach-philosophy-in-schools-9781350268357/#:~:text=Description,the%20course%20of%20their%20education. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-teach-philosophy-in-schools-9781350268357/#:~:text=Description,the%20course%20of%20their%20education. COLLEGE NANME Social Sciences School COLLEGE CODE SOSS Swansea University Not Required ESRC ES/W006146/1 2024-06-24T16:01:54.3219026 2024-05-17T11:37:54.7558339 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences School of Social Sciences - Education and Childhood Studies Jane Gatley 0000-0001-7225-1835 1 |
title |
Why Teach Philosophy in Schools: The case for philosophy on the curriculum |
spellingShingle |
Why Teach Philosophy in Schools: The case for philosophy on the curriculum Jane Gatley |
title_short |
Why Teach Philosophy in Schools: The case for philosophy on the curriculum |
title_full |
Why Teach Philosophy in Schools: The case for philosophy on the curriculum |
title_fullStr |
Why Teach Philosophy in Schools: The case for philosophy on the curriculum |
title_full_unstemmed |
Why Teach Philosophy in Schools: The case for philosophy on the curriculum |
title_sort |
Why Teach Philosophy in Schools: The case for philosophy on the curriculum |
author_id_str_mv |
c4e96c9e3ef14ef3fc4f926397d9ff48 |
author_id_fullname_str_mv |
c4e96c9e3ef14ef3fc4f926397d9ff48_***_Jane Gatley |
author |
Jane Gatley |
author2 |
Jane Gatley |
format |
Book |
publishDate |
2023 |
institution |
Swansea University |
isbn |
9781350268357 |
publisher |
Bloomsbury |
college_str |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
hierarchytype |
|
hierarchy_top_id |
facultyofhumanitiesandsocialsciences |
hierarchy_top_title |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
hierarchy_parent_id |
facultyofhumanitiesandsocialsciences |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
department_str |
School of Social Sciences - Education and Childhood Studies{{{_:::_}}}Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences{{{_:::_}}}School of Social Sciences - Education and Childhood Studies |
url |
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-teach-philosophy-in-schools-9781350268357/#:~:text=Description,the%20course%20of%20their%20education. |
document_store_str |
0 |
active_str |
0 |
description |
This book presents a case for teaching philosophy in schools. It develops two original arguments for teaching philosophy to all students at some point over the course of their education. Gatley argues that teaching philosophy is the best way to help students to think clearly using ordinary, or non-specialist concepts such as 'good', 'truth', or 'happiness'. She goes on to argue that teaching philosophy is the best way to help students to make sense of the different conceptual schemes used by different school subjects. Combining these two arguments, Gatley suggests that these two roles for philosophy are central to the task of educating people, and so philosophy ought to be included on school curricula. Building on the work of philosophers of education including Richard Stanley Peters, Harry Brighouse, Matthew Lipman, Mary Midgley and Martha Nussbaum, the book covers a range of topics including Philosophy for Children (P4C), the aims education, religious education, curriculum design and education policy. |
published_date |
2023-04-06T16:01:52Z |
_version_ |
1802755178911236096 |
score |
11.028798 |