In this talk, Peter will revisit his first published paper, published in Think in 2008, and consider how his views about the extent to which children can do philosophy have developed and changed.
He will draw on what is now 23 years of experience, teaching, writing and thinking about the topic of children doing philosophy, to say something about where it is now and where it can go, what the challenges are doing philosophy with children, and what it still has to offer, if anything.
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Speaker
Peter Worley is a philosopher, educator, and author specialising in questioning, dialogue, and inquiry. He is the creator of PhiE pedagogy and the Open Question Mindset, frameworks designed to cultivate deeper thinking through better questions. Peter is Founder and former CEO of The Philosophy Foundation and author or editor of eleven books, including The If Machine and Corrupting Youth. His work has informed educational initiatives worldwide and featured in productions including the BAFTA-nominated BBC animation What Makes Me, Me?, documentary Young Plato, and the BBC drama Waiting for the Out.