What we do
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. As well as working in schools and home education groups we run adult classes and residential courses, and can run one off workshops to your requirements.
We train teachers in the use of ‘Enquiry’, a philosophical technique that is learner-centred and develops speaking and listening skills, basic reasoning skills, questioning skills as well as building confidence, concentration and collaboration skills. Enquiry can be used to develop higher-order thinking through all topics and national curriculum subjects.
