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 2011 PLATO Institute
June 28 & 29, 2011 Sponsored by APA-CPIP & SFF the PLATO Institute took place in June 2011 at Columbia's Teachers College.
University of Virginia 2011 "High-Phi" Winner Announced
April 23, 2011 Molly Earner, an 11th Grader at Trinity School at Meadow View, was selected the winner of the first annual "High-Phi" essay contest created by the Philosophy Department of the University of Virginia and co-sponsored by SFF.
October 16, 2010:
Teachers College National Conference on Philosophy Outreach New York, NY On Saturday, October 16th, 2010, the Teachers College Philosophy Program hosted a national conference on philosophy outreach programs and the pre-college instruction of philosophy. The aim of the conference was to bring together representatives from philosophy graduate programs, graduate education programs, and schools to discuss pertinent issues. Topics included the value of philosophy in secondary schools, lessons from existent outreach programs, and ways to raise awareness of the pre-college instruction of philosophy. APPE - SFF CALL FOR PAPERS
Best Formal Paper on Pre-College Ethics - $1,000 prize
The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, with support of the Squire Family Foundation, will sponsor a competition to advance the work of those interested in pre-college ethics. The Squire Family Foundation Award, along with a check for $1000, will be presented for the best paper submitted on approaches to teaching pre-college ethics and involving precollege students in ethics education. Bethpage High School: Most Philosophical School in America
June 2010 The Kids Philosophy Slam has announced its 2010 winners. Bethpage High School, which hosted the Long Island High School Ethics Bowl, has been chosen as the Most Philosophical School in America.
In addition, SherShah Atif, a student in Dr. Gerol Petruzella's philosophy class at Mt. Greylock Regional High School in Williamstown, MA (a 2009 SFF grantee), was selected as the fifth most philosophical student in America. Read his prize-winning essay, "Is the pen mightier than the sword?" SFF Announces 2010 Grants
APA & SFF Launch PLATO Network
The American Philosophical Association’s Committee on Pre-College Instruction in Philosophy in conjunction with the Squire Family Foundation has launched the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO) Network, a national network for teachers interested in pre-college philosophy.
2010 APPE - Squire Family Foundation Award
In March 2010 Dr. Randall Curren, chair of the philosophy department and professor of education at Rochester University, won the 2010 Squire Family Foundation APPE award for best paper. In his essay, "Governing Classrooms Well" Dr. Curren argues that the ethics of teaching and the teaching of ethics are always intertwined. Read Dr. Curren's paper.
Congratulations, Dr. Curren!
Keeping the Child in Mind —
University of Memphis Conference on Philosophy for Children September 11, 2009: Memphis, Tennessee
The University of Memphis Department of Philosophy hosted a conference for children on Sept. 11, 2009. Gareth Matthews, philosophy professor at the University of Massachusetts and author of Philosophy and the Young Child, Dialogues with Children, and The Philosophy of Childhood, was the keynote speaker.
Papers Presented:
Michael Dean Burroughs
Reconsidering the Examined Life: Philosophy with Children
Jana Mohr Lone
Thomas E. Wartenberg
SQUIRE GRANT AWARDS August 2009: The Squire Family Foundation announced its 2009 grants. READ THE PRESS RELEASE PEIG MEETS AT 2009 APPE CONFERENCE
In March 2009 The Pre-college Ethics Interest Group (PEIG) held its initial business meeting in conjunction with the APPE Annual meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio. PEIG members include those developing pre-college ethics bowls, those teaching ethics in pre-college curriculum, and those developing pre-college ethics curricula.
If you are interested in joining PEIG , please contact Roberta Israeloff, director of the Squire Family Foundation or Professor Deni Elliot at Graduate Studies, Department of Journalism & Media Studies, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. Phone: (727) 873-4857; elliott@stpt.usf.edu. |
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