workshop 11: philosophy and sustainability
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Workshop 11: Philosophy and Sustainability. Presented on behalf of the GA’s Education for Sustainable Development Special Interest group by Cumbria Development Education Centre and Hawkshead School. www.cdec.org.uk. CDEC is a member of the Consortium of Development Education Centres - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Workshop 11: Philosophy and Workshop 11: Philosophy and SustainabilitySustainability
www.cdec.org.ukCDEC is a member of the Consortium of Development Education Centres
Bringing global education into the classroom
Presented on behalf of the Presented on behalf of the GA’s Education for Sustainable GA’s Education for Sustainable Development Special Interest Development Special Interest
group by Cumbria group by Cumbria Development Education Development Education
Centre and Hawkshead SchoolCentre and Hawkshead School
Philosophy for Children Putting enquiry at the heart of the
educational process Development of life skills enabling
contribution to a pluralistic societyMaking connections Respecting other’s ideas
Empathising Listening Building on Concepts Teacher as the facilitator – Socratic
questions www.sapere.net www.cdec.org.uk
‘Philosophy helps you listen, think and talk’ KS2 pupil at
Newbridge House
What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?
What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?
1. Community building activity
2. Stimulus
2. Stimulus
Source: CDEC’s Exploring Values pack
What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?
What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?
3. Thinking time and question generation
Should everyone have a say in what
happens to the world? (Year 5)
Should we go back to how it
was in the olden days?
(Year 5)
Do we really need to lose our natural habitats and our history to make progress? Year 6 and
adults
What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?
What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?
4. Dialogue
What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?
What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?
5. Debrief
1. Aesthetics1. Aesthetics
Can rubbish be organised
artistically to be beautiful?
What is beauty?
Can leaves be ugly?
2. Ethics2. Ethics
Do we need to share? (Year 5)
Should we pay for things that are
essential?
4. 4. MetaphysicsMetaphysics
Branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world - two key questions: ‘what is there?’ and, ‘what is it like?’
Why do people see places as
special?
Does having lots of food make you
happy?
Do we really see what is there?
3. 3. EpistemologEpistemolog
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The branch of philosophy that studies knowledge – what distinguishes true (adequate) knowledge from false (inadequate) knowledge?
Can we have litter in nature?
5. Logic5. Logic
Why do some places have to be
rich and some poor?
If you are scared of something does that mean
you don’t like it?
Can you be working hard if you are doing
something easy?
Is it fair to do something unfair, for a reason?
More typical you see logic in answering a question
Kant
Who am I?Who am I?
What can I hope?What can I hope?
What should I do?What should I do?
What can I know?What can I know?
Forthcoming CPDForthcoming CPD
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