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Invitations!

The! University! of! British! Columbia! (UBC! Faculty! of!

Education;! Department! of! Educational! and!

Counselling! Psychology! and! Special! Education;! and!

Department! of! Philosophy),! in! partnership! with! the!

Vancouver! Institute! of! Philosophy! for! Children!

(VIP4C),! is! delighted! to! host! the! 17th! ICPIC!

conference!in!beautiful!Vancouver.!!The!following!invitations!are!in!the!order!of!how!it!appears!on!the!ICPIC!Program.!!!

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Thursday,!June!25,!2015!!Engaging!Children’s!Imaginations!by!Teaching!Them!Lots!and!Lots!of!Useless!Knowledge!

Kieran!Egan!

Room!2306/9,!June!25,!9C10:00!am!!Dr.$Kieran$Egan!is!a!professor!in!the!Faculty!of!Education!at!Simon!Fraser!University,!as!well!as!a!coCdirector!and!founder!of!the!Imaginative!Education!Research!Group.!!He!is!regarded!as!an!influential!contemporary!thinker!in!the!field!of!education,!both!for!his!contributions!to!educational!theory!and!his!development!of!educational!programs!that!apply!theory!within!the!classroom.!!His! research! interests! include!education!and!curriculum!theory,!conceptions!of!development! in!education,!and!the! way! cognitive! tools! shape! learning! and! understanding.!! A! major! focus! of! his! work! has! been! the! development! of!Imaginative!Education,!an!innovative!approach!to!education!that!focuses!on!engaging!the!imaginations!of!learners!in!order!to!build!more!meaningful!and!lasting!understandings!of!curriculum.!!Dr.!Egan!holds!a!B.A.!in!History!from!London!University!and!a!Ph.D.!in!Education!from!Cornell!University.!!

Session!1!!!!!10:10E10:55!am!!Paper!#116:!Rethinking!"Respect"!as!an!Academic!Concept:!A!Sociocultural!Perspective!on!Inferential!Engagement!in!Teacher!

Education!Jennifer!A.!Vadeboncoeur!

Room!2131,!June!25,!10:10C10:55!am!!The!purpose!of!this!paper! is!to! inquire! into!the!role!of! inference!in!the!development!of!academic!concepts!with!

particular!attention!to!the!context!of!teacher!education.!The!difficulty!surrounding!the!teaching!of!concepts! like!

“respect,”!“democracy,”!and!“social! justice,”!the!mainstay!of!foundational!coursework! in!teacher!education,!has!

been!the!subject!of!research!for!decades!and!persists!as!a!shortcoming!of!teacher!education!programs.!Rethinking!

the!development!of!concepts!from!a!Vygotskian!perspective!that!rebalances!the!relationship!between! inference!

and!reference!may!be!one!way!of!theorizing!this!difficulty!and!developing!ways!to!move!beyond!it.!

Jennifer$ A.$ Vadeboncoeur! is! Associate! Professor! of! Human! Development,! Learning,! and! Culture! at! UBC.! Her!scholarly!interests!include!learning!from!young!people!about!their!participation!in!alternative!contexts,!as!well!as!how!this!is!mediated!by!adults.!Her!research!draws!on!Vygotskian!approaches!to!learning!and!teaching,!critical!theory,!ethnographic!methods,!and!critical!discourse!analysis.!!!!!!!!!

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Paper!#9:!The!Importance!of!Making$Known$the!Hidden!Logic!in!Contributions!to!Communities!of!Inquiry!Susan!Gardner!&!Amy!Leask!

Room!2132,!June!25,!10:10–10:55!am!!

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You!should!come!to!our!workshop!if!you!would!like!to!acquire!the!fairly!simple!skill!of!being!able!to!hear!and!reflect!back!the!hidden!premise!in!reasoning,! and! thus!ensure! that!a!Community!of! Inquiry!does!not!actually! reinforce! faulty! reasoning! rather! than!enhancing! its!power.! This!

workshop!will!be!particularly!helpful!to!those!who!have!little,!no,!or!rusty!training!in!logic.!We!intend!that!the!workshop!be!both!interactive!

and!fun.!!!!

Susan$Gardner$ is! a! Professor! of! Philosophy!at! Capilano!University,!North!Vancouver,! Canada,! and!a!Director! of! the!Vancouver! ! Institute! of!Philosophy!for!Children,!as!well!as! the!Director!of! the!P4C!Think!Fun!Camps,! located!at! the!University!of! the!Fraser!Valley.!Amy$Leask$ is! the!author!of!a!number!of!philosophy!books!for!children,!as!well!as!VP!and!CoCOwner!of!Enable!Education!in!Milton,!Ontario!Canada.!!!!

Paper!#108:!Using!Engaged!Philosophical!Inquiry!in!Drug!Education!Mahboubeh!Asgari!

Room!2506,!June!25,!10:10C10:55!am!!This! session! is! helpful! to! those!who! are! interested! in! the! application! of! philosophical! inquiry!with! children! in! a! very!

different!educational!field—drug!education.!The!presenter!will!describe!the!theoretical!background!and!methodology!of!

the!study!as!well!as!the!challenges/shortcomings!of!some!of!the!current!K\12!drug!education!programs!which!this!study!

tries!to!address.!Due!to!the!novelty!of!this!idea,!your!participation!and!input!is!welcome!and!appreciated.!

Mahboubeh$Asgari! is!a!postCdoctoral! researcher! in!Philosophy! for!Children! (p4c)!at! the!University!of!British!Columbia.!She!facilitates!p4c! in!public!schools! in!Vancouver,! runs!workshops!for!teachers,!early!childhood!educators!and!parents,!and! facilitates! p4c! in! Art! in! SelfDesign! Learning! Centre.!Most! recently,!Mahboubeh! has! received!Mitacs! PostCdoctoral!Fellowship!to!use!p4c!in!‘drug!education’!with!the!supervision!of!Dr.!Barbara!Weber.!!!

Paper!#24:!Argumentation!Rating!Tool:!Assessing!the!Quality!of!Discussions!Alina!Reznitskaya!(Co!Authors:!Joe!Oyler,!Ian!Wilkinson,!&!Monica!Glina)!

Room!2508,!June!25,!10:10C10:55!am!!You! should! come! to! our! presentation! if! you! would! like! to! learn! how! to! systematically! assess! the! quality! of!

argumentation! during! text\based! discussions.! As! part! of! the! presentation,! you!will! have! the! opportunity! to! practice!

using!an!observational!rating!scale,!called!the!Argumentation!Rating!Tool,!to!evaluate!segments!of!class!discussions!and!

to!reflect!on!the!role!of!language!in!student!learning.!!!

Alina$Reznitskaya$is!a!Professor!of!Educational!Psychology!at!Montclair!State!University,!New!Jersey,!USA.!Together!with!her!colleagues,!Dr.!Reznitskaya!conducts!research!on!professional!development!programs!to!help!teachers!conduct!wellCreasoned!discussions!around!texts!they!read!!

Paper!#98:!The!Gated!Community!of!Inquiry?!Darren!Chetty!

Room!2504,!June!25,!10:10C10:55!am!!You! should! come! to!my!workshop! if! you!would! like! to! explore! the!notion!of! discomfort! in!philosophical!

inquiry! in!multiracial!classrooms!and!how!apparently!open!dialogue!can!nevertheless!close!off!potentially!

productive!areas!of!inquiry.!Without!offering!easy!solutions,!I!will!offer!some!suggestions!for!teaching!and!

teacher!education!that!may!begin!to!address!the!claim!that!P4C!often!operates!within!a!“Gated!Community!

of!Enquiry”!(Chetty:!2014)!!

Darren$Chetty!is!the!2014!recipient!of!The!Biennial!Award!for!Excellence!in!Philosophy!for!Children!from!the!International!Council!for!Philosophical!Inquiry!with!Childre!(ICPIC),!for!his!paper!“The!Elephant!in!the!Room:!Picturebooks,!Philosophy!for!Children!and!Racism.”!Darren!is!currently!completing!his!PhD!in!Philosophy!for!Children!and!multiculturalism!at! the!UCL! Institute!of! Education,!where!he! teaches!on! the!BA!Education! Studies.!He! is! a! SAPERE! (Society! for!Advancing!Philosophical!Enquiry!and!Reflection!in!Education)!accredited!trainer!in!Philosophy!for!Children!(P4C)!with!experience!of!successfully!implementing!P4C!as!a!whole!school!approach!and!has!been!teaching!in!London!primary!schools!for!almost!20!years.!

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Paper!#87:!Foundations!of!Democracy!and!Sustainability:!Power,!Reality!and!the!Existence!of!Dragons!Margaret!MacDonald!&!Warren!Bowen!

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The! term!sustainability!has!garnered!much!attention! in!economic,! social,! political! and!educational! arenas.!We!content! that! to! teach!young!

children!(aged!4!and!5)!about!sustainability!and!our!local!forest!we!must!begin!by!engaging!in!philosophical!inquiry!(EPI)!that!addresses!human!

and!non\human!existence!and!metaphysical!conceptualizations.!During!our!session!we!will!present!a!pedagogical!documentary!(video)!that!will!

demonstrate!our!approach!with!young!children!drawing!on!the!children’s!EPI!themes!of!power,!reality!and!the!existence!of!dragons.!Come!and!

see!how!this!important!topic!can!be!deeply!examined!with!young!children!through!philosophical!inquiry.!

Margaret$MacDonald!is!an!Associate!Professor!of!Early!Childhood!Education!in!the!Faculty!of!Education!at!Simon!Fraser!University!in!Burnaby,!British! Columbia.! Her! research! includes! young! children’s! understanding! of! sustainability,! pedagogical! documentation,! intergenerational!programming! and! innovative! curriculum!development.!Warren$Bowen! is! a! graduate! student! at!UBC! in! the! Science! and! Technology! Studies!department.!He!has!worked!for!several!years!as!a!philosophy!for!children!practitioner!both!in!Alberta!and!BC,!and!is!currently!Philosopher! in!Residence!at!Simon!Fraser!University's!UniverCity's!Childcare!Centre,!Associate!Director!of!the!Vancouver!Institute!for!Philosophy!for!Children,!and!Associate!Director!of!Think!Fun!camps,!an!annual!campCbased!P4C!program!!

Session!2!!!!!11:30E12:15!pm!Paper!#25:!Transitionalist!Pragmatism!and!Pluralist!Identity!

Darren!Garside!

Room!2131,!June!25,!11:30C12:15!pm!!You!should!come!to!my!workshop!if!you!assume!that!pluralism!and!relativity!is!normal!and!provide!opportunities!

for!thinking!differently!about!selves!who!philosophise!together.!I!will!share!my!argument!in!the!form!of!a!research!

paper! that! I! hope! will! be! a! stimulus! for! further! discussion! around! the! key! themes! of! selves,! pluralism! and!

posthumanism.!I!intend!that!the!session!be!highly!practical!in!the!sense!that!thinking!together!about!arguments!is!a!

practice.!

Darren$Garside! is!Lecturer! in!Education!Studies!at!Bath!Spa!University! in!England!who! incorporates!philosophical!inquiry!into!the!heart!of!his!teaching.!!

Paper!#7:!The!Storybook!Animal:!Identity!Through!a!Dialogue!Between!Child!and!Animal!Wendy!C.!Turgeon!

Room!2132,!June!25,!11:30–12:15!pm!!If!you!are!interested!in!children!and!animals,!come!and!explore!the!ways!in!which!children’s!literature!includes!

animals! as! key! presences.! ! The! focus! is! towards! a! philosophy! of! childhood! but! through! the! witness! of! the!

animal.! ! We! will! also! invite! participants! to! share! the! ways! in! which! stories! with! animals! can! provoke!

philosophical!reflection!about!childhood!and!animals!among!children!and!young!people.!Animal!masks!optional.!

Wendy$ Turgeon! teaches! philosophy! at! St.! Joseph’s! College! in! New! York! (USA)! and! works! in! philosophy! for!children!at!the!college!and!graduate!level.!!She!is!also!interested!in!animals!and!what!they!mean!to!us.!!Paper!#10:!When!Young!Adolescents!with!Cognitive!Disabilities!Talk!About!Their!Philosophical!Experiments,!What!do!They!

Say?!Marie\Paule!Vannier!&!Fabienne!Schmitt!

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you!a!collaborative!research!we!are!conducting!for!three!years!with!a!team!of!specialized!teachers!who!organize!some!philosophical!

discussions!for!teenagers!with!cognitive!disabilities.!

MarieGPaule$ Vannier! is! a! professor! and! researcher! in! educational! sciences! at! the! french! University! of!Nantes!(http://www.cren.univCnantes.fr/)!&!Fabienne$Schmitt!is!a!school!teacher.!

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Paper!#67:!Spiritual!Exercises!in!Community!of!Inquiry!Yung\Kang!Hsu!

Room!2508,!June!25,!11:30C12:15!pm!!You!should!come!to!my!session!if!you!are!interested!in!the!work!of!Hadot!and!the!particular!cultural!context!of!Taiwan!

to!explore!conceptions!of!spirit!and!spiritual.!!We!can!discuss!about!Taiwan’s!indigenous!P4C!experience!in!embodying!

spiritual!exercises!and!in!doing!philosophy!with!children.!!!!

YungGKang$Hsu!is!a!Ph.D.!Candidate!of!Department!of!Education!at!National!Chengchi!University,!Taipei,!Taiwan.!!

!!Paper!#30:!Democracy!and!Education:!How!Dewey’s!Understanding!of!Liberty!and!Equality!Provide!a!Foundation!for!CI!with!

Support!from!Current!Research!on!Psychology!and!Education!!Mort!Morehouse!

Room!2504,!June!25,!11:30C12:15!pm!!Join! me! in! my! on\going! search! to! integrate! philosophy! of! education! with! psychology! of! education.! ! Dewey’s!

understanding! of! liberty! and! equality! provide! the! setting! and! context! for! this! examination.! This! paper! provides!

some! new! connections! between! these! disciplines! but! more! importantly! the! presentation! is! intended! to! raise!

questions!and!seek!further!integration!of!these!two!areas!of!study.!

Richard$ (Mort)$ Morehouse! is! Professor! Emeritus! of! Psychology! and! Education! at! Viterbo! University.! He! is! past!president!of!the!North!American!Association!for!Community!of!Inquiry!(NAACI)!and!Director!Emeritus!of!NAACI.!!

Paper!#107:!Rethinking!the!Notion!of!the!‘Self’!in!the!Light!of!a!DialogueECulture!!Barbara!Weber!

Room!2306/9,!June!25,!11:30C12:15!pm!!This! paper! will! use! the! concepts! of! ‘intercorpority’! and! ‘intersubjectivity’! as! developed! by! the! French!

phenomenologist!Merleau\Ponty,!in!order!to!show!how!the!self!continuously!finds!itself!as!it!flows!through!time!and!

space!(through!the!medium!of!his/her!body!and!in!relationship!to!others).!At!the!end!of!the!presentation,!a!dialogue!

will!be!facilitated!in!order!to!address!the!relationship!between!philosophical!inquiry!in!education!and!its!influence!on!

how!children!grow!up!and!perceive!themselves!and!others.!

Barbara$Weber! is!an!associate!professor! for!Human!Development,!Learning!and!Culture!at!UBC.!She!specializes!on!phenomenology,! hermeneutics,! philosophy! of! human! and! children’s! rights,! engaged! philosophical! inquiry! and!embodiment.!!!

Session!3!!!!!1:45E!2:30!pm!Paper!#20:!Children’s!Philosophical!Encounters:!Taking!Seriously!the!Role!of!Privilege!in!Classrooms!

Jana!Mohr!Lone!

Room!2131,!June!25,!1:45C!2:30!pm!!Please!attend!this!session!if!you!would!like!to!explore!how!certain!children’s!voices!become!privileged!in!a!classroom!—!

because!of,!for!example,!race,!ethnicity,!class,!or!gender!—!and!if!you!are!interested!in!acquiring!strategies!for!cultivating!

an!intellectually!safe!and!inclusive!environment!for!philosophical!inquiry,!one!in!which!every!voice!matters.!The!session!is!

intended!to!be!interactive!and!lively.!

Jana$Mohr$Lone! is!the!director!of!the!University!of!Washington!Center!for!Philosophy!for!Children,!and!the!president!of!PLATO!(Philosophy!Learning!and!Teaching!Organization).!!

Paper!#41:!Dramatic!Enquiry:!Thinking!in!Someone!Else’s!Shoes!Grace!Robinson!

Room!2132,!June!25,!1:45C2:30!pm!!You!should!come!to!our!session!if!you!are!interested!in!creative!ways!to!develop!communities!of!enquiry.!This!session!

deals! first!with!drama! in!philosophy!–!borrowing!exercises,! activities!and!approaches! commonly! found! in! theatre! in!

education.! However! you!may! be!more! interested! in! drama! as! philosophy,! a! deeper! appreciation! of! how! dramatic!

experiences!constitute!philosophically!rich!experiences!in!their!own!right.!

Grace$Robinson!is!the!Founder!and!Director!of!Thinking!Space,!a!UK!notCforCprofit!company!working!with!children!and!adults!wherever!philosophical!enquiry!can!make!a!positive!difference!to!people’s!lives.!She!is!also!a!doctoral!student!in!Philosophy! of! Ethics! Education! at! the! Institute! of! Education,! UCL! and! lectures! on! the! Leeds! Philosophy! Exchange!programme! at! the! University! of! Leeds! –! a! programme! she! created.! Grace! is! a! SAPERE! accredited! trainer! and! an!associate!of!The!Philosophy!Foundation.!!!

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Paper!#4:!Experiment!of!the!Philosophy!with!Pupils!'at!Particular!Educational!Needs'!(scholar/handicap!great!difficulty):!Effects!on!the!Relationship!in!the!Knowledge!of!the!Pupils.!Presentation!and!analysis!of!a!project!Philosophy/sciences.!

Edwige!Chirouter!

Room!2506,!June!25,!1:45!–2:30!pm!!You! should! come! to! our! workshop! if! you! would! like! to! acquire! Experiment! of! the! philosophy! with! pupils! 'at!

particular!educational!needs'!(scholar/handicap!great!difficulty):!effects!on!the!relationship!in!the!knowledge!of!the!

pupils.!Presentation!and!analysis!of!a!project!Philosophy/sciences.!

Edwige$Chirouter!est!!Maître!de!conférences!à!l’université!de!Nantes.!ESPE!(centre!de!formation!des!enseignants).!!FRANCE.!Chercheur!au!CREN.!Coordinatrice!du!groupe!de! recherche!PHILEAS.!Membre!de! l’association!PHILOLAB.!Coordinatrice!des!Rencontres!sur! les!Nouvelles!Pratiques!Philosophiques!à! l’occasion!de! la!Journée!Mondiale!de! la!Philosophie.!Expert!auprès!de!l’UNESCO!pour!le!développement!des!pratiques!philosophiques!avec!les!enfants.!!!

Paper!#115:!Creating!Thinking!in!School:!A!Case!Study!in!the!Value!Added!by!Philosophy!Inquiry!Kate!Kennedy!White!&!Britta!Jensen!!!

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This!session!explores!the!journey!over!six!years!of!an!elementary!school!in!Australia!to!becoming!a!Thinking!School!and!the!striking!academic!

results!as!measured!by!the!National!Standardised!Test!Results!against!similar!schools!and!the!national!average.!These!results!mirror!those!of!

another!Australian!primary!school!that!took!a!similar!journey.!Imagine!the!conceptual!advances!if!your!school!embraced!philosophical!inquiry!

across!all!Key!Learning!Areas.!!

Kate$Kennedy$White!is!a!teacher,!filmmaker!and!an!accredited!trainer!in!P4C!methodology!in!Australia.!She!is!the!dedicated!philosophy!teacher!in!a!public!primary!school,!providing!philosophy!sessions!weekly!for!over!500!KC6!students.!Kate!is!the!Founding!Director!of!Kinderphilosophy,!a!national! accredited! training! institute,! training! preservice! and! inservice! teachers.! !www.kinderphilosophy.com.!Dr.$ Britta$ Jensen! is! a! linguist,!philosopher,!and!educator!with!experience!teaching!at!the!primary,!secondary!and!tertiary!levels.!She!has!expertise!in!philosophy!of!language,!syntax,!linguistics,!logic,!and!language!acquisition.!Britta’s!doctorate!is!from!the!University!of!Oxford!(2003).!She!is!also!a!nationally!accredited!trainer!in!P4C!methodology!in!Australia.!www.kinderphilosophy.com.!!!

!Paper!#74:!From!Local!Ties!towards!a!Reflective!Cosmopolitan!Identity!!

Adolfo!Agúndez!Rodríguez,!Daniela!Camhy,!Felix!García!Moriyón,!Ignacio!García!Pedraza,!Jen!Glaser,!Klara!Gruber,!Juan!Carlos!

Lago!Bornstein,!Maria!Miraglia,!Maria!Rita!Petitti,!Manuela!Pitterà,!Stefano!Oliverio,!&!Maura!Striano!

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How! do! we!work! in! environments! with! high! level! of! cultural! diversity?! How! do! we! apply! P4C!

when!cultural!diversity,! instead!of!being!an!advantage,!can!become!a!reason!for!exclusion?! In!our!session!we!will! share!and!think!with!you!

about! how! the! PEACE! project! (Philosophical! Enquiry! Advancing! Cosmopolitan! Engagement)!works! towards! the! promotion! of! a! reflectively!

cosmopolitan! identity! through!philosophical! inquiry.!You!might!want!to!have!a! look!at!how!children!and!educators! from!different!countries!

responded!to!the!new!curriculum!created!during!the!PEACE!project!and!how!they!helped!us!to!improve!it.!!

If!you!are!interested!in!discussing!weaknesses!and!opportunities!in!the!challenge!of!deploying!the!CPI!approach!and!a!curriculum!inspired!to!

P4C!for!cosmopolitan!education,!it!could!not!be!a!bad!idea!to!attend!our!session!and!enter!into!a!dialogue!with!us!

Adolfo$Agundez$Rodriquez,!has!a!PHD!in!Education.!Adolfo!is!developing!tools!to!introduce!children!to!the!ethics!of!responsible!consumption.!As!an!educator,!Adolfo!Agundez!Rodriguez!has!worked!with!P4C!in!both!formal!and!informal!settings,!in!a!variety!of!educational!projects!and!schools!in!Spain!and!Bolivia.!Daniela$Camhy!Austrian!Center!of!Philosophy!for!Children.!Félix$García$Moriyón$has!a!PHD!in!Philosophy!at!the!UCM!in!Spain,!honorary!professor!at!the!UAM.!Since!1986!he!has!been!active!in!P4C,!funder!and!member!of!several!P4C!centers!and!networks,!he!has!written!several!books!about!philosohical!and!educatinal!topics.!Ignacio$García$Pedraza$ is!Academic!coordinator!at!Garua!Cooperative!for! Inclusive!Education!and!NOVACT,! International! Institute! for!Nonviolent!action.!Since!1997!he!has!been!active! in! the!application!of!P4C! in!enviorenments!with!high!risk!of!social!exclusion.!Jen$Glaser.!Topaz!CLeading!Social!Innovation.!Jerusalem.!Juan$Carlos$Lago$Bornstein!has!a!PHD!

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in!Philosophy!at!the!UCM!in!Spain,!Philosophy!and!Ethics!teacher!at!the!University!of!Alcalá.!Secretary!of!Center!of!Philosophy!for!Children!in!Spain,!and!author!of!several!books,!articles!and!essays!on!the!field!of!educational!research!and!of!Philosophy!for!Children.!Maria$Miraglia!is!an!educator!who!works!in!non!formal!and!informal!contexts!principally!with!disadvantaged!children!and!adolescents.!Along!with!the!realization!of!P4C!projects!she!has!the!author!of!four!stories!according!to!the!Lipman!model!(two!of!which!already!published!in!Italian).!Stefano$Oliverio! is!postCdoctoral!researcher!in!Inclusive!Education!at!the!SInAPSi!Centre!of!the!University!of!Naples!Federico!II.!Since!2007!he!has!been!active!in!P4C!with!workshops!and!projects!in!formal,!nonCformal!and!informal!educational!contexts.!Maria$Rita$Petitti!is!a!Philosophy!Teacher!in!Secundary!School.!She!has!been!a!trainer! in!P4C!courses!at!the!University!of!Naples!Federico!II!and!has!deployed!the!CPI!approach!in!different!contexts!(e.g.:! through! a! cooperation! with! the! Italian! Association! of! Blind! People! and! through! workshops! with! Roma! families).!Manuela$ Pitterà! is!specialized! in! science! communication! and! public! engagement! and! works! as! EU! project! designer! and! manager.! She! has! also! had! many!experiences!in!adult!education.!She!is!active!in!P4C!since!2010.!Maura$Striano!is!Full!Professor!of!Educational!Theory!and!History!of!Education!at!the!University!of!Naples!Federico!II.!She!is!a!member!of!the!Scientific!Committee!of!the!CRIF!(Center!of!Research!for!the!Philosophical!Inquiry),!one!the!two!P4C!centres!in!Italy.!Over!the!last!two!decades!she!has!developed!plenty!of!initiatives!in!P4C!in!Italy!(teacher!training,!workshops,!organization!of!conferences).!!

Session!4!!!!!2:40E!3:25!pm!Paper!#36:!Personality!and!Sociality!in!the!Way!to!Identity!!(Practice!of!Philosophical!Games)!!

Larisa!Retyunskikh!

Room!2131,!June!25,!2:40C3:25!pm!!I! would! be! glad! to! see! everybody! of! you! on! my! presentation! for! discussing! the! problem! of! Personality! and!

Identity.!!The!problem!of!self\identity!is!the!problem!of!relation!of!persons!and!society.!The!way!of!incorporation!

a!person!into!society!is!usually!named!socialization.!!!In!my!mind,!the!process!of!socialization!at!the!same!time!is!

the!process!of!self!identification.!I!present!my!theoretical!view!of!this!problem!and!practical!experience,!including!

elements!of!short!workshop!in!it.!!

Larisa!Retyunskikh!is!a!professor!of!Philosophy!at!Moscow!State!University.!She!is!!the!Head!of!Round!Table!on!

The! IV! Russian! Philosophical! Congress,! seminars! and!work! of! Russian! Philosophical! Society,! and! continues! her!

scientific!research,!writing!books!and!articles.!!

!Paper!#112:!Fostering!Empathy!and!PerspectiveETaking!in!Children!through!Engaged!Philosophical!Inquiry!!

Mahboubeh!Asgari,!Barbara!Weber,!Kimberly!A.!Schonert\Reichl,!&!Arthur!Wolf!

Room!2132,!June!25,!2:40C3:25!pm!!

! !This!session!is!helpful!to!those!who!are!interested!in!the!application!of!philosophical!inquiry!with!children!in!schools,!in!particular,!those!who!

would! like! to! know!more! about! the! effect! of! this! pedagogical! approach! on! children’s! experiences! of! empathy! and! perspective\taking.! The!

session! will! describe! the! theoretical! background! and! methodology! of! the! study! as! well! as! the! researchers’! practical! experiences! and!

observations!of!the!implementation!of!the!project.!!

Mahboubeh$Asgari! is!a!postCdoctoral! researcher! in!Philosophy! for!Children! (p4c)!at! the!University!of!British!Columbia.! She! facilitates!p4c! in!public! schools! in! Vancouver,! runs! workshops! for! teachers,! early! childhood! educators! and! parents,! and! facilitates! p4c! in! Art! in! SelfDesign!Learning!Centre.!Most!recently,!Mahboubeh!has!received!Mitacs!PostCdoctoral!Fellowship!to!use!p4c!in!‘drug!education’!with!the!supervision!of!Dr.! Barbara! Weber.! Mahboubeh! has! published! several! book! chapters! and! papers! and! presented! in! over! 20! national! and! international!conferences.! Barbara$ Weber! is! an! associate! professor! for! Human! Development,! Learning! and! Culture! at! UBC.! She! specializes! on!phenomenology,! hermeneutics,! philosophy! of! human! and! children’s! rights,! engaged! philosophical! inquiry! and! embodiment.!Arthur$Wolf! is!pursuing!his!PhD!at!the!University!of!British!Columbia!in!philosophy,!psychology!and!education.!!!

Paper!#70:!Genuine!Doubt,!Fallibilism!and!Classroom!Communities!of!Inquiry!Liz!Fynes\Clinton!

Room!2506,!June!25,!2:40C3:25!pm!!You! should! attend!my!presentation! if! you!would! like! to! engage!with! a!unique!approach! to!empirical! research! in! an!

Australian! primary! school.! The! research! focuses! on! students’! development! of! deep! reflective! thinking! practices! and!

reconstruction!of! intellectual!habits! through!sustained!participation! in!collaborative!philosophical! inquiry.!This!paper!

will!highlight!the!inextricable!connections!between!the!theoretical!underpinnings!of!CPI!and!the!practice!of!philosophy!

with!children,!specifically!in!relation!to!the!concepts!of!genuine!doubt!and!fallibilism.!

Liz$ FynesGClinton! is! employed! at! East! Brisbane! State! School! as! Head! of! Curriculum! and! Philosophy! Coach.! She! is!currently! undertaking! a! PhD! at! the! University! of! Queensland.! Her! thesis! is! titled:! Deep! Reflective! Thinking! through!Collaborative! Philosophical! Inquiry.! Liz! is! a! coCauthor! of! the! books! ‘Philosophy! with! young! children:! a! classroom!handbook’!and!‘Philosophical!and!ethical!inquiry!for!students!in!the!middle!years!and!beyond’.!

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Paper!#100:!“Discovering!Ethics!with!Philo”!A!Schoolbook!for!Philosophizing!with!Children!Using!the!Five!Finger!Model!Eva!Marsal!

Room!2508,!June!25,!2:40C3:25!pm!!You!should!come!to!our!workshop!if!you!would!like!to!acquire!the!fairly!simple!skill!of!supporting!the!children!to!make!

the! questions! in! the! community! of! inquiry! more! philosophical! with! the! Five! Finger! Model:! phenomenology,!

hermeneutics,! analysis,! dialectics,! and! speculation,! These! five! philosophical! methods! open! a! wide! spectrum! for! the!

children’s!questions,!allowing!them!to!examine!a!problem!from!many!points!of!view.!For!demonstration!I!will!present!

our!PFC!schoolbook.!

Eva$Marsal$is!Professor!of!Philosophy!at!the!Institute!for!Philosophy,!University!of!Education,!Karlsruhe,!Germany!and!the!author!of!a!number!of!philosophy!books!for!children.!!

Paper!#35:!A!Case!Study!of!Philosophical!Inquiry!with!a!Diverse!Group!Lena!Green!!

Room!2504,!June!25,!2:40C3:25!pm!!You!should!come!to!my!presentation!if!you!are!interested!in!exploring!some!of!the!conceptual!and!practical!

challenges! to! implementing! philosophical! enquiry!with! diverse! populations! of! schoolchildren,! not! least! of!

which! is! identifying! the!point!at!which! the!process! should!no! longer!be!called!philosophical.! ! The!abstract!

describes!a!formal!paper!but!the!presentation!will!be!interactive!and,!after!a!brief!introduction,!will!take!the!

form!of!an!enquiry!based!on!questions!which!have!arisen!out!of!my!work.!

Lena$Green$was!formerly!Professor!of!Educational!Psychology!at!the!University!of! the!Western!Cape!and! is!currently!an!Extraordinary!Professor!at!that!institution.!Her!research!interest!remains!cognitive!development!and! its! enhancement! and! she! trains! both! preC! and! inCservice! teachers! in! P4C.! She! is! registered! as! an!Educational!Psychologist!and!works!with!children!and!young!people!in!her!practice.!!

Paper!#120:!Swarming!Identities:!Deleuze’s!Complexity!Approach!to!‘Concepts'!and!‘Affects’!Arthur!Wolf!!

Room!2306/9,!June!25,!2:40C3:25!pm!!Imagine!going!down!Alice’s!rabbit’s!hole!and!discovering!how!a!world!of!nonsense!makes!sense.!An!adventure!into!how!

thought!finds!its!direction!through!concepts,!affects!and!intensities.!We’ll!look!at!the!danger!and!the!potential!of!thought!

and!find!pedagogical!moves!through!the!work!of!Gilles!Deleuze.!!

Arthur$Wolf!is!pursuing!his!PhD!at!the!University!of!British!Columbia!in!philosophy,!psychology!and!education.!$!!!

Session!5!!!!!4:00E!4:45!pm!Paper!#28:!!Imagination,!Empathy!and!Diversity:!Fantasy!RoleEPlaying!as!Communal!Inquiry!!

Jason!Howard!

Room!2131,!June!25,!4C4:45!pm!!If!you’re!looking!for!innovative!and!exciting!ways!to!expand!the!appeal!of!PFC!for!youths!and!adolescents!(grades!6\

12),!then!come!to!my!presentation.!!This!workshop!will!be!especially!instructive!for!people!who!want!to!develop!their!

PFC! sessions! into! larger! thematic! units! and! projects,! or! for! those! interested! in! more! interactive! team\building!

exercises.! !So!drop!in!and!accept!the!challenge!of!a!new!adventure!that!will!test!your!imagination!and!stretch!your!

abilities!as!a!facilitator.!!!!!!!

Jason$J.$Howard$is!an!Associate!Professor!of!Philosophy!at!Viterbo!University!(La!Crosse,!WI)!and!is!EditorCinCChief!of!Analytic! Teaching! and! Philosophical! Praxis.! He! has! recently! published! the! books! Conscience! in! Moral! Life! and!Adventures!in!Reasoning:!Communal!Inquiry!through!Fantasy!RoleCPlay.!!!!

Paper!#106:!Dialogical!Inquiry,!and!the!Development!of!Philosophical!Virtues:!Experiences!with!the!Inside!Out!Prison!Exchange!Program!Kym!Maclaren!

Room!2132,!June!25,!4C4:45!pm!!You!might!come!to!my!session! if!you!are! interested! in!hearing!an!example!of!how!meaningful!philosophical!

conversation!can!be!facilitated!between!students!from!very!diverse!backgrounds,!and!if!you!would!like!to!think!further!

about! the!possible!benefits! and! challenges!of! such!diversity! in! the! classroom.!You!might! also! like! to! come! if! you!are!

interested!in!working!with!youth!in!the!criminal!justice!system.!!

Kym$ Maclaren! is! an! Associate! Professor! of! Philosophy! at! Ryerson! University! in! Toronto.! She! is! a! specialist! in!phenomenology! and! existentialism,! and! her! research! revolves! around! issues! of! personal! transformation! and!development,!emotion,!embodiment,!and!intersubjectivity.!She!has!taught!two!semesterClong!Inside!Out!courses—one!in!a!maximum!security!correctional!facility,!and!the!other!in!a!parole!setting.!!!

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Paper!#15:!P4C!as!Education!for!Inquiring!Mind:!Evaluating!Children’s!OpenEMindedness!in!Japanese!Junior!High!School!Room!2506,!June!25,!4C4:45!pm!!

Yohsuke!Tsuchiya,!Mai!Miyata,!&!Tetsuya!Kono!

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In!our!presentation,!we!will!show!a!new!scale!for!evaluation!of!P4C!which!focuses!on!children’s!inquiring!mind.!If,!as!Lipman!thought,!the!main!

goal!of!P4C!is!to!bring!up!children!to!be!independent!thinkers,!we!should!pay!more!attention!to!children’s!inquiring!mind!which!is!composed!of!

some!character! traits! such!as!open\mindedness,! curiosity,! respect! for!others'!opinions,! love!of!knowledge,!and!so!on.!Therefore,! if! you!are!

interested!in!(1)!the!evaluation!study!of!P4C,!or!(2)!the!application!of!P4C!to!the!education!for!inquiring!mind,!you!should!attend!our!session.!

Yohsuke$Tsuchiya!is!a!lecturer!at!Ibaraki!University!in!Ibaraki!and!Rikkyo!University!in!Tokyo.!He!teaches!philosophy,!philosophy!of!education,!applied!ethics,!and!P4C! in! these!universities.!He!has!also!been!a!practitioner!of!P4C!at!Kaichi!secondary!school! for!3!years.!He! is!a! Japanese!translator! of! Matthew! Lipman's! Thinking! in! Education.$ Mai$Miyata! is! a! Ph.D.! student! of! Graduate! School! of! Interdisciplinary! Information!Studies!at! the!University!of!Tokyo.!She!studies!and!publishes! in! the!areas!of!Science!Communication,!Cognitive!Psychology!and!Philosophical!Dialogue.! She!has! also! been!a! practitioner! of! P4C!at! Kaichi! secondary! school! for! 1! year.!Tetsuya$Kono! (Ph.D.,! Philosophy)! is! a! Professor! at!Rikkyo! University,! Department! of! Education,! Tokyo,! Japan.! Specialized! in! Philosophy,! Ethics,! Philosophy! of! Education,! &! Moral! education.!Practicing!P4C!in!primary!and!secondary!school.!!

Paper!#84:!The!General!Capabilities!Project!in!Victorian!Schools!Janette!D.!Poulton!

Room!2508,!June!25,!4C4:45!pm!!This!paper!will!be!particularly!helpful!to!those!who!have!plans!to!take!over!the!world!join!the!Cultural!revolution!–!

from!the!inside!!!! ! ! ! ! ! !

We!will!provide!a!rationale!and!report!on!proceedings!of!a!project!initiated!by!Victorian!Association!for!Philosophy!in!

Schools! (! VAPS! )! in! Victoria!with! the! support! of! the! Department! of! Education! and! Early! Childhood! (DEECD)! .! The!

purpose!of!the!project! is!to!establish!educational!centres,!to!support!the! introduction!of!the!“General!Capabilities”!

curriculum!across!Learning!Areas!and!throughout!the!Victorian!community,!using!the!community!of!inquiry!pedagogy!

as!a!fundamental!driver.!

Dr.$Janette$Poulton!is!the!Education!Officer!for!VAPS!(Victoria),!and!as!such!is!responsible!for!curriculum!development,!presentation!of!courses,!training!of!presenters,!development!of!a!team!ethos,!monitoring!and!administration!of!courses.!Janette!is!employed!as!the!Academic!Coordinator!of! the!School!of! Education!at!Melbourne! Institute!of! Technology!and! lectures! there! to!Primary!School!preCservice!teachers.!!She!has!delivered!papers!and!conducted!workshops!in!South!Korea,!Mexico,!France,!Malaya,!Singapore,!New!Zealand,!Greece,!South!Africa!and!in!various!Australian!states!!

Paper!#90:!Inquiry!Born!of!Rebellion:!Diversity,!Prejudice!and!the!Culture!of!Inquiry!Gilbert!Burgh!&!Simone!Thornton!

Room!2504,!June!25,!4C4:45!pm!!

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For! people! interested! in! an! alternative! perspective! on! the! community! of! inquiry! this! presentation!will! challenge! the! foundation! of! inquiry!

through!the! incorporation!of!Camus’!philosophy!of!rebellion.!His!unique!conception!of!rebellion!offers!a!framework!from!which!to!view!the!

importance!of!the!incorporation!of!a!diversity!of!prejudices!as!a!necessary!starting!point!for!inquiry!within!the!classroom.!We!argue!that!this!

understanding!carries!with!it!the!ability!to!re\emphasise!the!logic!of!inquiry.!

Gilbert$ Burgh! is! senior! lecturer! in! Philosophy! at! the! University! of! Queensland.! His! research! interests! include! democratic! education! and!citizenship!as!a!learning!process.!Simone$Thornton!is!a!doctoral!candidate!and!research!scholar!in!Philosophy!at!the!University!of!Queensland.!Her!research!focuses!on!depictions!of!nature! in!philosophical! thinking.!Currently,! they!are!collaborating!on!a!number!of!research!papers!and!projects!on!educational!philosophy!

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Paper!#113:!Harvesting!Optimism:!Fruits!for!Everyday!Life!Shenaz!Shahban!!!

Room!2306/9,!June!25,!4C4:45!pm !Join!this!interactive!workshop!that!discuss!key!drivers!in!improving!dispositional!optimism!(DO)!and!optimistic!

explanatory!styles!(OES)!to!maximize!engagement,!learning,!opening!the!self!to!nourishing!small!changes!that!

can!change!the!way!you!do!life.!

Shenaz! Shahban! is! a! doctoral! student! at! the! University! of! British! Columbia! she! hopes! to! study! protective!

factors!of!optimism!and!wellbeing!in!children.!!

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Friday,!June!26,!2015!!Envisioning!Leaders!E!Creating!Space!in!our!Culture!for!Those!Who!Lead!Differently!

Alanaise!Goodwill!

Room!2306/9,!June!26,!9C10:00!am!!Dr.$Alanaise$Goodwill!is!an!assistant!professor!in!Educational!and!Counselling!Psychology!and!Special!Education!at!The!University!of!British!Columbia.!Her!research!explores!Indigenous!approaches!to!counselling!and!mental!health!and,! more! specifically,! the! experiences! of! First! Nations! and! Métis! peoples! and! the! accumulation! of! historical!traumas! manifested! in! cultural! and! family! life.! In! her! publications,! she! discusses! her! Anishinaabe! worldview! of!contemporary! colonial! predicaments! as! they! contribute! to! culturally! competent!mental! health! practices! and! the!restoration! of! Indigenous! ways! of! healing.! Dr.! Goodwill! is! an! Anishinaabekwe! (Ojibway! woman)! and! a! former!assistant!professor!at!Brandon!University,! in! the!First!Nations!and!Aboriginal!Counselling!Program,!where!she!coCdesigned!the!Clinical!Specialization!Program!in!Native!Studies.!She!serves!on!committees!that!advance!the!teaching!and!application!of!Indigenous!languages!in!academic!programs!and$ethical!research!with!Aboriginal!peoples.!She!is!a!mother!of!three,!and!enjoys!travelling!the!pow!wow!trail!with!her!husband!and!children!as!a!Jingle!Dress!dancer.!!

Session!1!!!!!10:10E10:55!am!!!

Paper!#111:!The!Debris!of!Settlement:!Using!a!Community!of!Inquiry!(CoI)!to!Approach!the!Struggle!of!Children!from!Immigrant!Families!!Parmis!Aslanimehr!

Room!2131,!June!26,!10:10C10:55!am!!This!session!will!help!you!better!understand!the!use!of!a!Community!of!Inquiry!in!the!context!of!immigrant!

children.!It!will!focus!on!the!struggles!that!often!accompany!children!of!immigrant!families!when!adjusting!

to!life!in!a!Western!country.!The!hardships!that!this!silent!population!faces!in!addition!to!learning!a!new!

language!are!not!fully!addressed!in!the!classroom,!and!a!Community!of!Inquiry!holds!promise!in!allowing!a!

meaningful!transition!to!life!in!a!new!country.!!

Parmis$ Aslanimehr! is! a! Master! of! Arts! student! in! Human! Development,! Learning! and! Culture! at! the!University!of!British!Columbia.!This!paper!is!based!on!her!thesis,!which!explores!how!children!of!newcomer!families!adjust!to!the!education!system!in!Canada.!She!is!also!working!with!Dr.!Barbara!Weber!(Principle!Investigator)!as!a!Graduate!Research!Assistant! to! the! project,! “Engaged! Philosophical! Inquiry:! Fostering! Empathy! and! Perspective! Taking,”! which! is! currently! taking! place! in!elementary!and!middle!schools!across!Greater!Vancouver.!Parmis!has!received!training!sessions!on!facilitating!philosophical!discussions!with!children!and!is!a!coCfacilitator!in!Dr.!Weber’s!project.!!!

Paper!#17:!Using!Philosophical!Inquiry!to!Support!Vulnerable!Young!People’s!Identities!and!Transitions!Claire!Cassidy,!Donald!Christie,!&!Gavin!Heron!

Room!2132,!June!26,!10:10C10:55!am!!You!should!come!to!this!presentation!if!you!have!an!interest! in!supporting!marginalised!young!people!and!the!people!

who!work!with!them.!!Using!the!voices!of!the!young!people!and!staff!we!worked!with,!we!will!share!evidence!from!our!

Community!of!Philosophical! Inquiry!project! to!address! the!need! for!evidence\based!practice! for! those! living,! studying!

and! working! in! secure! residential! units.! ! We! hope! that! this! presentation! will! be! useful! to! those! also! working! with!

vulnerable!and!disempowered!young!people.!

Claire$Cassidy! is!the!course!leader!for!the!Postgraduate!Certificate!in!Philosophy!with!Children!and!Deputy!Head!of!the!School! of! Education!at! the!University! of! Strathclyde,! Scotland.! Claire!was! formerly! a! primary! school! teacher.! She!also!coordinates! the! Contemporary! Childhood! Conference.! Donald! Christie! is! Emeritus! Professor! and! former! Head! of! the!School!of!Education!at!the!University!of!Strathclyde.!!He!is!a!chartered!psychologist!and!was!a!primary!school!teacher.!!Gavin!Heron!is!a!lecturer!in!the!School!of!Social!Work!and!Social!Policy!at!the!University!of!Strathclyde.! !He! is!also!a!qualified!social!worker!who!worked! in!residential!child!care.!!!

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Paper!#92:!Philosophical!Inquiry!E!Complex!Thinking!!E!Ways!of!WorldEMaking!Daniela!G.!Camhy!!

Room!2506,!June!26,!10:10C10:55!am!!You!should!come!to!my!session!if!you!would!like!to!acquire!skills!and!capabilities!for!developing!intercultural!dialogue!

through!philosophical!inquiry!to!reconstruct!education.!It!provides!useful!insights!for!all!working!directly!or!indirectly!

with!young!people! including! teacher!educators!at!university! level.! You! can! look! forward! sharing! important! findings!

from!my!over! 30! years!work! in! Philosophy! for! Children! in!Austria! and! also! discuss! best! practice! examples! and! the!

significance!of!philosophical!inquiry!in!multiethnic!contexts.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Daniela$G.$Camhy!Dr.!phil,!Dr.hc.!senior!lecturer!and!researcher!at!Karl!Franzens!University,!Graz!Austria,!Director!and!founder!(1985)!of!the!ACPC!Austrian!!Center!of!Philosophy!for!Children,!awarded!with!the!honorary!doctorate!degree!at!Montclair!State!University!USA!and!with!the!Henri!La!Fontaine!International!Prize!for!Humanism!in!Belgium!2012.!!!

Paper!#3:!Dialogical!Critical!Thinking:!An!Epistemological!Development!in!Sequences!or!in!Continuity?!Marie\France!Daniel!

Room!2508,!June!26,!10:10–10:55!am!!This!paper!is!dedicated!to!the!theoreticians!and!practitioners!who!believe!in!the!development!of!Critical!thinking!in!pupils!

who! practice! P4C.! And! who! are! interested! in! hearing! about! Dialogical! critical! thinking! manifestations,! and! its!

developmental!process!in!4!to!12!years!old!pupils.!

MarieGFrance$Daniel!has!a!Ph.D.!in!Philosophy!of!Education.!She!is!a!full!professor!at!Université!de!Montréal.!For!more!than!20!years!she!has!conducted!research!projects! funded!by!the!Social!Sciences!and!Humanities!Research!Council!of!Canada.!Her! work! focuses! on! the! P4C! approach,! and! particularly! on! the! concept! of! philosophical! dialogue! as! well! as! the!developmental!process!of!dialogical!critical!thinking!in!children.!Her!researches!have!led!to!the!publication!of!many!books!and!scientific!papers,!published!in!the!United!States,!Europe!and!Quebec.!

!Paper!#37:!Enabling!Identity:!!Presenting!the!Silenced!Voices!of!Repressed!Groups!through!Community!of!Philosophical!

Inquiry!Arie!Kizel!

Room!2504,!June!26,!10:10C10:55!am!!You!should!come!to!my!lecture!if!you!would!like!to!understand!the!importance!of!the!term!Enabling!Identity!trough!

the! framework! of! Community! of! Philosophical! Inquiry.! Enabling! Identity! seeks! to! endow! a! voice! for! children! and!

adolescents! from! repressed! groups! by! challenging! the!mainstream! hegemonic! discourse! that! governs! the! reality!

where! Communities! of! Philosophical! Inquiry! operate.! I! intend! to! combine! the! theoretical! conceptualization! with!

practical!ideas!!

Dr.$ Arie$ Kizel$ is! the! Head! of! the! department! of! Learning,! Instruction! and! Teacher! Education! at! the! Faculty! of!Education,!Haifa!University,!Israel!and!the!Academic!Head!of!the!IsraeliCGerman!Research!Commission!for!Textbooks.!!

Paper!#56:!The!Identity!of!the!Facilitator:!Who!is!She!and!Who!Should!She!Be?!Jason!Taylor!&!Joe!Oyler!

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facilitation.!We’ll! provide! careful! analysis! of! real! dialogue!which! produces! pragmatic! advice! for! improving! your! ability! to! produce! effective!

inquiry!interests!you,!in!a!way!that!is!engaging!and!active.!

Jason$Taylor’s$ Institutional!Affiliations:$University!of!Alberta;!Philosophy! for!Children!Alberta,!Program!Coordinator;!Director,!Eurekamp.! Joe$Oyler$is!an!Executive!Board!Member!at!IAPC,!a!Research!Associate!in!Dialogic!Teaching!at!Montclair!State!University!and!an!Adjunct!Instructor!in!Educational!Foundations!and!Philosophy.!!!!!!!!

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Session!2!!!!!11:30E12:15!pm!!Paper!#95:!The!Direction!of!a!Circle!

Rickard!Chadsey!

Room!2131,!June!26,!11:30C12:15!pm!!You!should!come! to! this!workshop! if! you!are! interested! in! the! teaching!of!Philosophy! to! teenagers! in! the!public! school!

system.!We!will!discuss!the!factors!that!make!possible!starting!a!Philosophy!class!in!public!high\schools,!and!strategies!for!

running!a!successful!program.!We!will!focus!on!the!challenges!of!culture!and!technology!on!the!development!of!adolescent!

Identity!and!Philosophical!Inquiry!in!a!classroom!setting!and!for!life.!

This! workshop! will! be! particularly! helpful! to! those! interested! in! understanding! the! development! of! Identity! and!

compassion! in! adolescents! and! those!wishing! to! further! the! teaching! of! Philosophy! for! teenagers! and! children! both! in!

public!education!and!in!private!lives.!

Rickard$Chadsey!teaches!English!and!Philosophy!12!at!Sardis!Secondary!School,!Chilliwack,!BC.!!

Paper!#86:!Looking!Through!the!Social!Studies!Course:!Can!Philosophy!for!Children!Develop!the!!SelfEAwareness?!!Nilüfer!Bircan!Kaya!

Room!2132,!June!26,!11:30C12:15!pm!!You! should! come! to! my! presentation! if! you! would! like! to! hear! how! Philosophy! for! Children! provide! to! develop!

children’s! philosophical! self! and! self\awareness! skills,! and! discuss! Social! Studies! curriculum’s! role! on! identity!

development.!This!presentation!will!be!helpful!to!manifest!how!can!we!use!philosophy!children’s!self\knowing!problem.!

I!believe!that!this!discussion!will!be!productive!and!fun.!

Nilüfer$ Bircan$ Kaya$ is! research! assistant! at! Marmara! University,! Istanbul,! Turkey,! and! PHD! student! at! Elementary!Teacher! Education! Program,! as! well! as,! visiting! researcher! at! University! of!Washington,! Department! of! Philosophy,!Seattle,!Washington.!!

Paper!#76:!Different,!Changing!and!Evolving:!Identities!in!Preschools!P4C!Inquiries!Keren!Sadan!

Room!2506,!June!26,!11:30C12:15!pm!$You! should! come! to! my! talk! if! you! are! interested! in! learning,! from! the! experience! of! teaching! philosophy! to!

kindergarten!kids,!of!ages!4\6,!about!the!ways!by!which!playful!activities!and!games!can!be!used!to!creatively!and!

critically!probe!questions!of!identity.!

Keren$Sadan,!PhD,! is!a!research!fellow!in!The!Minerva!Humanities!Center,!Tel!Aviv!University.!She!graduated!from!the!Philosophy!Department!at!New!School!for!Social!Research!(2012).!Her!interests!lie!in!the!ethical!and!the!political!and!the!connection!between!theory!and!praxis.!For!that!end!she!founded!a!program!in!Tel!Aviv!–!Yafo! !city!public!education! where! she! teaches! philosophy! in! preschools.! Her! areas! of! specialization! are:! Ethics,! Feminist! Theory,!Contemporary!French!Feminism,!Philosophy!of!Education,!Philosophy!and!Children!!

Paper!#104:!Consumer!Capitalism,!SelfEIdentity,!and!the!Community!of!Philosophical!Inquiry!Wayne!I.!Henry!

Room!2508,!June!26,!11:30C12:15!pm!!You!should!come!to!this!session!if!you!would!like!to!participate!in!the!discovery!of!how!to!facilitate!a!Community!of!

Inquiry!on!the!topic!of!Consumer!Capitalism!and!sustainability.!Central!to!the!research!presented!is!the!startling!thesis!

that! most! philosophical! debates! have! hitherto! misconstrued! what! is! really! at! issue.! The! key! lies! in! exploring! the!

connection!between!Consumer!Capitalism!and!our!very!identities!as!persons!in!the!context!of!a!Community!of!Inquiry.!!

Wayne$Henry! is!Assistant!Professor!of!Philosophy!at!the!University!of!the!Fraser!Valley! in!Abbotsford,!Canada.!He! is!also!a!director!of!the!Vancouver!Institute!of!Philosophy!for!Children.!!

Paper!#96:!Beyond!the!Paradox!of!Inclusion.!A!Jazz!Idea!of!“Community!of!Inquiry”!between!Equity!and!Identity!Marina!Santi!

Room!2504,!June!26,!11:30C12:15!pm!!If! you! are! interested! in! exploring! Jazz! as! metaphor! of! dialogue,! inquiry,! development! this! presentation! could! be! a!

research!opportunity.!The!focus!of!the!presentation!is!the!value,!the!potential!and!the!challenge!represented!by!Jazz!in!

rethinking! the! power! of! “community! of! inquiry”! as! privileged! environment! and! method! to! explore! ideas,! foster!

imagination,! create! alternatives,! produce! works! together! in! the! moment,! including! the! differences! towards! a!

valorization!of!a!different!mind.!

Marina$ Santi$ (PhD)! is! Full! Professor! in! Didactics! and! Special! Education.! She!works! in! the! Department! of! Philosophy,!Sociology,! Pedagogy! and! Applied! Psychology! at! University! of! Padova,! Italy.! Her! research! deals! with! dialogue! and!argumentation,! instructional! methodologies,! pedagogy! of! difference! and! inclusive! education.! She! is! an! expert! on!“Philosophy! for! Children”,! a! subject! into!which! she! has! carried! out! a!wide! range! of! empirical! research.! She!works! also! on! improvisation! as!teaching!and!learning!procedure,!new!metaphor!to!rethink!education!for!critical,!creative!and!carking!thinking,!and!framework!!toward!coCconstruction!of!inclusive!social!environments.!

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Paper!#27:!Aspirational!Eros!in!Philosophical!Inquiry:!Cultivating!the!Desire!to!Be,!Share!and!Grow!Natalie!M.!Fletcher!

Room!2306/9,!June!26,!11:30!–!12:15!pm!!!You!should!come!to! this!presentation! if!you!would! like! to!explore! the!ways! in!which!children!and!youth!can!

become! energized! by! philosophical! inquiry! dialogues!! This! presentation! will! introduce! the! seemingly!

controversial! notion!of! "aspirational! eros"! to! capture!how!philosophical! inquiry! should! be!motivated!by! the!

aspirations! for! growth! in! young! people! so! that! they! take! on! the! active,! participatory! role! of! inquiry! and!

dialogue! willingly! and! enthusiastically.! We'll! reorient! the! notion! of! eros! towards! a! more! nuanced!

conceptualization! that! can! help! support! our! Philosophy! for! Children! practices! and! expand! the! power! of!

children's!inquiry!!!

Natalie$ M.$ Fletcher! is! a! philosophy! teacher! at! John! Abbott! College! in! Montreal,! Canada,! and! the! founding! director! of! Brila! Youth!Projects!(www.brila.org),!a! registered!educational! charity! that! introduces!philosophical! thinking! to!young!people! through!community! inquiry!dialogues!and!digital!magazine!production.!She!is!currently!pursuing!interdisciplinary!doctoral!research!at!Concordia!University,!fusing!the!fields!of!ethics,!dialogic!pedagogy!and!relational!aesthetics.!!

Session!3!!!!!1:45E!2:30!pm!!Paper!#99:!P4C!as!Deliberative!Democratic!Education:!Lessons!from!Research!in!Deliberative!Democracy!

Megan!Meyer!

Room!2131,!June!26,!1:45C2:30!pm!!Please! attend!my! session! if! you! are! interested! in! the! democratic! aims! of! Philosophy! for! Children! or! deliberative!

theory!and!empirical! research.! ! I!will! explore! the! tension!between! the! critical! thinking!and! critical!pedagogy!along!

with!its!implication!for!P4C!as!form!of!education!for!democracy.!

Megan$Meyer!is!a!third!year!master’s!student!in!Educational!Policy!Studies!at!University!of!WisconsinCMadison.!!She!has!been!a!teaching!assistant!and!student!lecturer!for!several!EPS!courses!looking!at!social! issues!in!education.!!She!works!under!the!advisement!of!Dr.!Harry!Brighouse,!and!has!an!interest!in!democratic!and!moral!education!through!a!philosophical!and!sociological!lens.!!

Paper!#93:!Abraham’s!Tent:!Exploring!Identity!Through!Inquiry!and!Action!–!A!Joint!Jewish/Muslim!School!Project!Janet!(Zainab)!Dhanani!!

Room!2132,!June!26,!1:45C2:30!pm!!You! should! attend! this! session! if! you! want! your! faith! in! humanity! renewed! through! seeing! how!

Canadian!Jewish!and!Muslim!children!united!for!good.!This!workshop!will!be!an!inspiration!for!anyone!

wishing!to!initiate!similar!projects!and/or!explore!identity!formation.!Attendees!will!be!asked!to!share!

their!knowledge!to!help! identify!the!philosophical!elements!and!aspects!that!made! it!so!successful! in!

hopes!of!future!replication.!!

Janet$ (Zainab)$ Dhanani! has! the! privilege! of! being! the! storyteller! for! Abraham’s! Tent.! She! was! the!principal!of! the! Islamic! school!during! the!project!and!had! the! joy!of!witnessing! the! transformation!of!everyone! involved! (herself! included).! She! is! currently! an! Educational! Developer! at! the! University! of!British! Columbia,! which! means! she! helps! professors! to! grow.! Much! to! her! surprise,! she! has! recently! discovered! that! she! is! a! philosopher!wannabe!and!would!appreciate!guidance.!!!

Paper!#82:!Values,!DecisionEMaking!and!the!Community!of!Inquiry!Peter!Ellerton!

Room!2506,!June!26,!1:45C2:30!pm!!You!will!find!this!presentation!useful!if!you!are!interested!in!how!the!community!of!inquiry!regulates!the!application!of!

values!in!decision\making.!Not!all!values!are!ethical!in!nature;!the!values!of!inquiry!can!include!plausibility,!coherence,!

simplicity!and!precision.!Like!all!values,!their!application!needs!to!be!normalised!within!a!decision\making!process.!The!

best!method!of!normalisation!is!a!community!of!inquiry.!

Peter$ Ellerton$ is! a! lecturer! in! Critical! Thinking! at! the! university! of! Queensland! and! the! director! of! the! University! of!Queensland!Critical!Thinking!Project.!!He!has!taught!Physics!and!Philosophy!in!high!schools!and!is!a!consultant!for!the!International! Baccalaureate!Organisation.! His! interests! include! developing! critical! thinking! pedagogies,!working!with!health!professionals!in!clinical!reasoning,!and!effective!thinking!and!writing.!!

Paper!#!21:!‘The!Thinking!Box’E!Inducting!Students,!Teachers!and!Parents!into!Philosophy!for!Children!Anita!Bass!

Room!2508,!June!26,!1:45C2:30!pm!!Attendees! of! this! workshop! will! experience! an! interactive! way! of! exploring! the! ‘Thinking! Box’! which! will! provide! an!

opportunity! to! engage! new! students,! teachers! and! parents! in! a! dialogue! that! scaffolds! thinking,! as! they! reflect! on!

philosophy!as!the!construction!of!meaning,!in!a!way!that!brings!a!rich!understanding!of!the!essence!of!what!Philosophy!

for!Children!is!all!about.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anita$Bass$ is! the!Philosophy!Coordinator!at!The!King!David!School,!Melbourne,!Australia.!She!facilitates!the!teaching!of!

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Philosophy!to!students!(age!5!to!14)!based!on!the!wisdom!gained!from!ancient!and!modern!philosophers.!Anita!is!a!member!of!VAPS!(Victorian!Association!of!Philosophy!in!Schools)!and!ICPIC.!She!is!a!consultant!in!Philosophy!in!schools,!within!Australia!and!overseas.!!

Paper!#119:!Education,!Identity!Construction!and!the!Reconstruction!of!Tradition:!The!Case!of!Philosophical!Inquiry!with!Jewish!Bible!

Jen!Glaser!&!Maughn!Gregory!!

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We!will! present! a! case! study! exploring! how!Philosophy! for! Children!was! implemented! in! the! context! of! Jewish! education! over! a! two\year!

period!in!Cleveland,!Ohio.!!The!grant\funded!project,!Thinking!Together:!Philosophical!Inquiry!with!Bible,!involved!the!development!of!a!new!

curriculum!using!Torah!as!the!primary!text!and!philosophical!discussion!plans!and!exercises!modeled!on!the!IAPC!curriculum,!which!also!drew!

on! the! Jewish! intellectual! tradition.! ! It! also! involved! professional! development! for! educators! across! the! spectrum! of! Jewish! cultural! and!

theological!commitments!(Reform,!Reconstructionist,!Orthodox,!Conservative,!and!Secular)!in!facilitating!philosophical!inquiry.!!Please!join!our!

session! if! you! want! to! help! us! think! through! how! philosophical! inquiry! can! have! a! place! in! religious! education,! the! role! of! education! in!

children’s!culturally\informed!identity!construction!and!in!the!reconstruction!of!cultural!traditions!

Jen$Glaser! is! director!of! Engaging!Texts:!Philosophical! Inquiry!with!Tenach,!and! coCdirector!of! the! Israel!Center! for!Philosophy! in!Education:!Philosophy! for! Life.! She! is! past! president! of! the! International! Council! for! Philosophical! Inquiry! with! Children! (ICPIC).!Maughn$ Gregory! is!Professor!of!Educational!Foundations!at!Montclair!State!University!and!director!of!the!Institute!for!the!Advancement!of!Philosophy!for!Children!(IAPC).!

Paper!#62:!What!is!a!TeacherEPhilosopher?!An!Inquiry!to!Understand!My!Professional!Identity!

Chad!Miller!

Room!2306/9,!June!26,!1:45C2:30!pm!!When! I! tell! someone! “I! am! a! teacher\philosopher,”! I! am! often! met! with! the! familiar,! “what! exactly! is! a! teacher\philosopher?”!For!several! reasons,! this!conception!of!a! teacher! lies!outside!our! realm!of!understanding,! so! in!order! to!

truly! understand! the! nature! of! a! teacher\philosopher,! especially! within! the! contexts! of! a! traditional! content\specific!

classroom,! I! turned!to!the! insights!of!the!experts,!my!former!students.!Please!come!and!hear!the!findings!of!this!study!

that!aims!help!move!philosophy!into!our!classrooms!by!way!of!the!teacher.!!

Dr.$ Chad$Miller! is! the! 2012! Hawaii! Teacher! of! the! Year,! a! National! Board! Certified! teacher,! and! Director! of! Teacher!Development!at!the!University!of!Hawaii’s!Uehiro!Academy!for!Philosophy!and!Ethics! in!Education,!where!he!helps!kC12!teachers!bring!philosophy!into!their!classrooms.!!

Session!4!!!!!2:40E!3:25!pm!Paper!#18:!The!Role!of!P4C!in!Developing!PreEService!Teachers'!Reflective!Dispositions!E!Lessons!From!a!Practitioner!Inquiry!

Fufy!Demissie!

Room!2131,!June!26,!2:40C3:25!pm!!You!will! find! this! session!useful! if! you!are!a! teacher!educator!who! is! interested! in!developing!your! students'! reflective!

capacity!and!would!like!to!explore!if!and!how!P4C!can!benefit!your!students'!reflective!capacities.!!!

Fufy$Demissie!works!as!a!Senior!Lecturer!at!the! Institute!of!Education,!Sheffield!Hallam!University,!England.!She!started!her! career! as! a! primary! school! teacher! before! completing! a!Masters! in! Education! (2003),! followed! by! a! Doctorate! in!Education! (2012).! ! She! is! a!member! of! SAPERE! (Society! for! the!Advancement! of! Philosophical! Inquiry! and! Reflection! in!Education),!and!has!recently!completed!the!Level!3!award!and!is!on!course!to!complete!her!registration!as!a!P4C!Level!1!trainer.!!!!

Paper!#31:!Is!P4C!a!Teaching!Method?!Kei!Nishiyama!

Room!2132,!June!26,!2:40C3:25!pm!!!Although!some!theorists!of!P4C!argue!that!P4C!is!different!from!teaching!method,!it!is!often!practiced!as!a!mere!teaching!

method!when!we!conduct! it! in! school.! The!question! ‘is!P4C!a! teaching!method’! is! therefore!very!difficult!question! for!

theorists! as! well! as! practitioners! of! P4C.! If! you! would! like! to! think! the! relationship! between! P4C! and! ‘method’,! I!

recommend!you!to!attend!my!presentation.!My!presentation!will!especially!be!helpful!for!those!who!conduct!the!practice!

of!P4C!in!the!classroom!in!that!it!will!propose!new!perspective!of!P4C.!

Kei$ Nishiyama! is! a! Ph.D.! candidate! at! Centre! for! Deliberative! Democracy! and! Global! Governance! at! University! of!Canberra,! Australia.! His! Ph.D.! research! is! to! investigate! how! children! and! teachers! can! experience! democracy! in! the!classroom!and!he!analyzes!this!question!from!the!perspective!of!deliberative!democracy!and!democratic!education.!He!is!a!practitioner!of!P4C!and!conducted!several!practices!of!P4C!in!school!and!community!centre!in!Japan.!

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Paper!#32:!Children,!Media!and!Lipman’s!Philosophy!for!Children!Marella!Ada!V.!Mancenido\Bolaños!

Room!2506,!June!26,!2:40C3:25!pm!!!You!should!come!to!my!session!if!you!wish!to!re\think!the!link!between!identity!and!values!and!how!these!two!are!

being! affected! by! media.! In! the! session,! I! shall! also! present! Lipman’s! creative! and! caring! thinking! as! seen! in! his!

Philosophy! for! Children! as! a! tool! in! correcting! children’s! misconception! of! identity! and! values! brought! about! by!

media.!

Marella$Ada$V.$MancenidoGBolaños!is!an!Assistant!Professor!of!Philosophy!at!the!University!of!Santo!Tomas,!Manila,!Philippines.!She!is!also!an!Associate!Editor!of!Kritike,!an!online!journal!on!Philosophy.!!She!is!currently!working!on!her!dissertation!which!focuses!on!the!impacts!of!Matthew!Lipman’s!Philosophy!for!Children!on!the!Philippine!Curriculum.!!

!Paper!#47:!The!Contribution!of!Philosophical!Enquiry!to!Education!in!a!World!of!Religious!Plurality!

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Patricia!Hannam!!

Room!2508,!June!26,!2:40C3:25!pm!!Come! to! hear! this! paper! and! join! the! discussion! if! you! are! interested! in! the! implications! for! education! in! plural!

democracies!of!a!world!where!religion!may!be!mixed!up,!sometimes!deliberately,!with!political!motivations!and!on!

occasions! fuelling! national! and! international! violence.! This! paper! proposes! that! religious! education! in! public!

educational! contexts!will! be! ignored!at!our!peril! and!makes!a! clear!distinction!between!public! religious!education!

and! confessional! religious! education! in! a! specific! religious! context.! At! the! heart! of! this! paper! lies! an! argument,!

drawing!significantly!on!the!work!of!Simone!Weil!and!Hannah!Arendt,!building!on!work!begun!by!Ann!Sharp,!that!the!

community! of! philosophical! enquiry! in! the! Lipman! tradition! opens! an! important! educational! space! which! can!

recognise!the!plurality!of!ways!in!which!it!is!possible!to!live!a!religious!life,!where!children!and!young!people!can!be!

brought!to!attend!and!to!speak,!and!in!so!doing!able!to!arrive!and!take!their!place!uniquely!in!the!plurality!of!the!public!sphere.!!

Patricia$Hannam!is!a!London!philosophy!graduate!and!educator!in!different!contexts!for!many!years,!about!to!submit!her!PhD!in!the!area!of!this!paper.!Currently!working!as!County! Inspector/Adviser! for! religious!education!and!history! in!Hampshire,!UK,! she! leads!and!advises!across!70!secondary!and!450!primary!schools!on!the!teaching!of!these!subjects.!She!is!an!experienced!teacherCeducator! in!Philosophy!for!Children!with!SAPERE!the!UK.!CoCauthor!of!‘Philosophy!with!Teenagers:!Nurturing!a!Moral!Imagination!for!the!21st!Century’!with!Eugenio!Echeverria!(Mexico).!!

!Paper!#128:!The!Question!X:!Why!Closed!Questions!are!to!be!Prefferred!to!Open!Questions!in!Enquiry!

Peter!Worley!

Room!2504,!June!26,!2:40C3:25!pm!!This!workshop/presentation!should!be!of!interest!to!anyone!who!employs!questioning!as!at!least!one!means!of!

facilitating! enquiries.! The! received! belief! that! open! questions! are! to! be! preferred! for! enquiries! shall! be!

challenged! and! a! practical,! closed\questioning! strategy! ‘The! Question! X’! shall! be! shared,! which! is! part! of! a!

further!questioning! strategy! ‘Iffing,! anchoring!and!opening!up’! that!will! also!be!demonstrated.!Attendees!will!

leave! the! workshop! with! some! questioning! strategies! that! will! help! facilitators! keep! discussions! focused,!

encourage!participants!to!both!think!and!express!themselves!in!argument!form!(with!premises!and!conclusions),!

and!all!this!while!minimising!the!introduction!of!the!facilitator’s!own!content!and!direction.!The!session!shall!be!

delivered!as!an!interactive!workshop!but!a!paper!of!the!material!presented!will!also!be!available!following!the!

session.!!!

Peter$Worley! BA! MA! FRSA! is! the! CEO! and! coCfounder! of! The! Philosophy! Foundation,! a! registered! charity! that! aims! to! improve! thinking! in!education! through! philosophy,! especially! for! the! disadvantaged.! He! is! also! the! President! of! SOPHIA! –! the! European! foundation! for! the!advancement!of!doing!philosophy!with!children.!Peter!is!a!Visiting!Research!Associate!at!King’s!College!London!and!an!awardCwinning!author!of!4!books! for!Bloomsbury!and!editor/author!of!a! further!4!books! for!Crown!House.!His! latest!book! is!40!Lesson!plans! to!get!children! thinking,! for!primary!teachers!published!by!Bloomsbury!and!is!out!later!this!year.!He!has!given!two!TEDx!Talks!on!philosophy!with!children.!!

Paper!#29:!The!Effects!of!Philosophical!Inquiry!and!Discussion!with!Children!on!Philosophy!Teaching!in!High!Schools!Natalia!M.!Frieden!

Room!2306/9,!June!26,!2:40C3:25!pm!!You! should! come! to! my! workshop! if! you! want! to! discover! the! evolution! of! philosophy! in! the! schools! and! in! the!

programs!in!Europe.!The!teaching!and!the!programs!were!very!traditional.!The!teaching,!the!methods,!the!content!are!

changing!owing!to!a!subtle!influence!of!P4C,!and!all!the!new!practices!of!philosophy.!They!are!evolving!and!a!new!idea!

of!philosophy!is!born.!Why!and!how?!

Nathalie$Markevitch$Frieden$teaches!didactics!of!philosophy!at!the!Universities!of!Fribourg!and!Geneva.!She!taught!at!every!level,!from!high!school!to!college!and!University,!from!primary!school!to!adults'!training,!in!Switzerland,!in!Africa,!and! in! the!United!States.!For! the! last!15!years,! she!has!been!working!as!a! researcher! in! teaching!methodology.!She!participates!in!organising!UNESCO!conferences!dedicated!to!the!New!Practices!in!Philosophy!(NPP).!There,!she!is!head!of!the!research!concerning!teachers!and!animators!training.!She!is!member!of!the!comity!of!Philolab!!

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Session!5!!!!!4:00E!4:45!pm!Paper!#57:!Engagement,!Play,!and!Philosophy!Summer!Camps!

Jason!Taylor!

Room!2131,!June!26,!4C4:45!pm!$My!‘discussion’!will!offer!a!hands\on!exposure!to!the!games!and!play!that!is!typical!to!Eurekamp!programming!as!a!

way! to!demonstrate! the!key!contention!of! this!paper:! that!games!and!play!are!better! suited! to! foster! the!kind!of!

engagement!that!drives!the!P4C!approach.!You!shouldn’t!come!to!this!talk!if!you!don’t!like!to!have!fun!or!if!you!hate!

meaningful!play.!

Jason$Taylor’s$ Institutional!Affiliations:$University!of!Alberta;!Philosophy!for!Children!Alberta,!Program!Coordinator;!Director,!Eurekamp.!!!

Paper!#43:!An!Examinatin!of!the!Experience!of!Philosophy!for!Children!in!TaiwanEEEIts!Past,!Present,!and!Foreseeable!Future!Peter!Mau\hsiu!Yang!

Room!2132,!June!26,!4C4:45!pm!!In!my! session! I!will! show! how!three! books! in! the! Columbia!University! tradition! of! philosophy! along! the! lines! of! John!

Dewey,! namely! Irwin! Edman’s! Philosopher’s! Holiday! (1938),Matthew! Lipman’s! autobiography! entitled! A! Life! Teaching!

Thinking!(2008),!and!Lipman’s!philosophical!novel!Natasha:!Vygotskian!Dialogues!(1996)!set!the!stage!for!the!possibility!

of! P4C! and! how! our! field! can! be! strengthened! in! the! future.! Specifically,! what! I! gained! from! these! two! Columbia!

University!philosophers!is!their!vision!of!bringing!a!philosophy!of!democratic!education!to!the!society!and!how!this!vision!

depends!on!the!crucial!element!of!teacher!education.!!

In!Taiwan,!Peter$MauGhsiu$Yang,!founded!the$Caterpillar$Philosophy$for$Children$Foundation.!In!the!institute,!he!trains!storytellers,!social!workers,!teachers,!hospital!nurses!and!environmental!groups!to!carry!out!philosophical!inquiry!C!that!is,!to!form!a!community!of!philosophical!inquiry!C!in!order!to!apply!philosophy!to!life/action.!!

Paper!#16:!What!to!do?!A!Workshop!about!Ethics!in!School!Classes!Audrey!Gers!

Room!2506,!June!26,!4C4:45!pm!!Are! you! looking! for! a! way! of! inquiring! :! practical,! simple! and! clear?! Come! to!my! session! and! participate! to! a! short!

workshop! in!order!to!experiment! it! right!now.!Some!explanation!will!be!given!and!you’ll! see!how!practical!and!useful!

philosophy!can!be.!

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Audrey$ Gers! moderates! a! lot! of! workshops! of! practical! philosophy! with! different! types! of! audience! and! in! various!countries.!She!aims!at!showing!a!clear!and!simple!way!of!thinking!that!helps!to!make!decisions,!deal!with!philosophical!questions! and! incertitude.! Inspired! by! Socrates,! she! doesn’t! hesitate! to! question! what! interferes! in! a! discussion! :!attitudes,!emotions,!parasites!words,!etc.!Any!choice!you!do!makes!you!improve!in!your!selfCknowledge.!!!!

Paper!#46:!The!Heasly!Thinking!Skills!System:!Teaching!for!Understanding!Virtues,!Values!and!Ethics!Today!Berise!Heasly!!

Room!2508,!June!26,!4C4:45!pm!!You! should! come! to! my! session! if! you! would! like! to! explore! my! Heasly! Thinking! Skills! system,! developed! to! strive!

towards!building! the!architecture!needed! for! teaching! in!primary,! secondary!and! tertiary! levels!about!virtues,! values!

and! ethics! for! today.! The! title! of!my! presentation! is! “The! Heasly! Thinking! Skills! system:! teaching! for! understanding!

virtues,!values!and!ethics!today”!in!which!I!offer!my!four\step!system:!the!art!of!Questioning;!the!‘ME’!diagram;!the!Six!

Steps!of!Decision\making;!and!the!Heasly!HUG/BUG.Together!we!can!critique!this!system!in!a!multiple!Community!of!

Inquiry,!and!I!would!be!grateful!to!record!group!responses.!!

Berise$Heasly’s!!PhD!in!Education!focussed!on!the!many!facets!of!what!it!would!mean!to!develop!curriculum!frameworks!for!teaching!about!virtues,!values!and!ethics!in!a!democratic!classroom,!using!the!Community!of!Inquiry!as!the!requisite!pedagogy!

Paper!#38:!Getting!Clear!About!Identity!and!Why!it!Matters!Laurance!J.!Splitter!

Room!2504,!June!26,!4C4:45!pm!!“This! presentation! will! draw! on! my! forthcoming! book! entitled! Identity! and! Personhood:! Confusions! and!

Clarifications!across!Disciplines.!If!you!would!like!to!hear,!and!talk!about,!some!of!the!problems!and!ambiguities!

that! lie!behind! the! familiar! concept!of! identity,!why!our!associations!with!nations,! religions,! cultures,! roles!and!

gangs!have!nothing!to!do!with!our!literal!identities!(and!can!have!devastating!consequences),!and!how!classrooms!

organized!as!communities!of!inquiry!are!ideal!for!personal!development!(i.e.!education),!then!I!urge!you!to!come!

along.!!

Laurance$Splitter!has!been!professor!of!education!and!philosophy!at!the!Hong!Kong!Institute!of!Education,!since!2008.!He!is!a!founding!figure!in!the!Australasian!philosophy!for!children!movement,!and!continues!to!believe!that!

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his!academic!specialization!–!analytic!philosophy!–!has!much!to!offer! the!world! in!general,!and!young!people! in!particular.!His!new!book!on!Identity!and!Personhood!will!be!published!by!Springer!in!mid!2015.”!!

Saturday,!June!27,!2015!!Identity,!Philosophy!and!Relation!in!an!Era!of!Too!Much!Learning!

Charles!Bingham!

Room!2306/9,!June!27,!9C10:00!am!

Dr.!Charles!Bingham!is!currently!a!professor!at!Simon!Fraser!University.!He!is!an!exceptionally!inspiring!teacher!and!a!committed! researcher! in!philosophy!and!education.!His!wide!variety!of! teaching!experiences! started!with! teaching!English!and!Mathematics!in!the!rural!district!of!Transkei,!South!Africa,!and!continued!in!the!KC12!setting!for!over!11!years.!He!then!taught!at!DePaul!University!in!Chicago,!IL!as!an!assistant!professor!after!which!he!came!to!the!Faculty$of$Education!at! SFU.!As!a! teacher,! he!has!always!been!dedicated! to! the! recognitive!and!democratic! necessities! of!teaching!and!learning.!Dr.!Bingham’s!research! interests! include! investigating!philosophical!perspectives!on!curriculum!and!education,!with!sustained!research!into!the!concepts!of!educational!recognition,!educational!authority!and!educational!relations.!His!writings!on!these!topics!is!philosophical,!but!very!practical!as!well.!He!loves!to!tell!stories,!in!his!writings!as!well!as!in!his!teaching,!so!his!work!is!often!based!on!examples!from!his!experience!as!a!teacher.!Some!of!the!thinkers!that!inform!his!work!are!Friedrich!Nietzsche,!Michel!Foucault,!Judith!Butler,!Franz!Fanon,!Jessica!Benjamin,!Mikhail!Bakhtin,!and!Jacques!Rancière.!

Session!1!!!!!10:10E10:55!am!!Paper!#78:!From!Thinking!Centered!Education!to!Judgment!Centered!Education!:!Korean!Case!of!!Moral!Judgment!Education!

for!Children!Jinwhan!Park!

Room!2131,!June!27,!10:10C10:55!am!!You!should!come!at!this!presentation!if!you!want!to!know!what!is!!limits!of!thinking!centered!education!in!school!

especially! in! moral! education.! Judgment! centered! education! could! enhance! capacity! of! judgment! including!

capacity!of!moral!judgment.!!

Jinwhan$Park,$Professor!of!ethics!education,!Gyeongsang!National!University,!Republic!of!Korea.!General!secretary!of!Korean!Academy!of!Teaching!Philosophy!in!School,!President!of!Philosophy!with!Children!and!Youth!Network!in!Asia!and!Pacific! ! !

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Paper!#64:!Analytic!Teaching!and!Philosophical!Praxis!Theme:!Cultural!Differences!in!Facilitating!Philosophical!Inquiry!Afsheen!Nawaz!

Room!2132,!June!27,!10:10C10:55!am!!You!should!attend!my!workshop!if!you!are!interested!in!investigating!the!differences!in!practice!between!the!UK!and!

Hawaiian!model!of!P4C!with!a!particular!emphasis!on!contributing!cultural! factors.! It!will! include!the!opportunity!to!

discuss!my!findings!concerning!the!large!majority!of!P4C!practice!on!an!international!scale!being!driven!by!academic!

philosophers!whereas! in!contrast,! the!UK!model! is!motivated!by! teachers!and!supported!by! individual!practitioners.!

There!will!be!an!opportunity!to!reflect!on!this!discourse!through!a!community!of!inquiry.!!!!!

Afsheen$ Nawaz$ is! an! experienced! Specialist! Leader! of! Education! and! Teaching! Excellence! Practitioner! based! in!Buckinghamshire,!UK.!She!specialises!in!P4C!and!has!over!ten!years’!experience!of!facilitating,!advising!and!delivering!training! on! a!wide! range! of! topics! that! focus! on! improving! standards! and! provision! in! schools.! She! is! a! passionate!advocate! of! P4C! as! an! approach! to! teaching! and! learning! and! is! also! a! member! of! the! Society! for! Advancing! Philosophical! Enquiry! and!Reflection!in!Education.!!

Paper!#79:!Facilitating!Philosophical!Inquiry!in!P4C!Facilitators:!a!DialogueEBased!Professional!Identity!Maura!Striano,!Stefano!Oliverio,!Alessandra!Romano,!Maria!Miraglia,!&!Maria!Rita!Petitti!!

Presenters:!Alessandra!Romano!&!Stefano!Oliverio!

Room!2506,!June!27,!10:10C10:55!am!

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You!should!come!to!our!session!if!you!want!to!explore!with!us!possible!commonalities!and!convergences!between!Jack!Mezirow’s!theory!of!

transformative!learning!and!Matthew!Lipman’s!CPI!approach!and!how!they!may!be!combined!in!teacher!education.!Furthermore,!you!might!be!

interested!in!our!endeavor!to!promote!a!cosmopolitan!mindset!in!teachers!and!educators!and!in!the!strategies!and!tools!deployed!to!assess!

the!transformation!of!their!meaning!perspectives.!Finally,!our!session!could!represent!the!occasion!for!reflecting!together!on!how!to!develop!a!

dialogue\based!and!cosmopolitanism\oriented!professional!identity!in!teachers!and!educators.!

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Maura$Striano!is!Full!Professor!of!Educational!Theory!and!History!of!Education!at!the!University!of!Naples!Federico!II.!She!is!a!member!of!the!Scientific!Committee!of!the!CRIF!(Center!of!Research!for!the!Philosophical!Inquiry),!one!of!the!two!P4C!centers!in!Italy.!Over!the!last!two!decades!she! has! developed! a! variety! of! initiatives! in! P4C! in! Italy! (teacher! training,! workshops,! organization! of! conferences).!Maria$Miraglia$ is! an!educator!who!works!in!nonCformal!and!informal!contexts!principally!with!disadvantaged!children!and!adolescents.!Along!with!the!realization!of!P4C! projects,! she! has! authored! four! stories! according! to! the! Lipman!model! (two! of!which! have! already! been! published! in! Italian).! Stefano$Oliverio!is!a!PostCDoc!Researcher!in!Inclusive!Education!at!the!SInAPSi!Centre!of!the!University!of!Naples!Federico!II.!He!has!been!active!in!P4C!with!workshops!and!projects!in!formal,!nonCformal!and!informal!educational!contexts.!Maria$Rita$Petitti$is!a!Philosophy!Teacher!in!Secondary!School.!She!has!been!a!trainer! in!P4C!courses!at!the!University!of!Naples!Federico!II!and!has!deployed!the!CPI!approach!in!different!contexts!(e.g.:!through!a!cooperation!with!the!Italian!Association!of!Blind!People!and!through!workshops!with!Roma!families)!Alessandra$Romano!is!a!Clinical!Psychologist!and!a!Ph.D.!Student!in!Psychological!and!Pedagogical!Sciences!at!the!University!of!Naples!Federico!II.!Her!research!interest!is![or!Her!research!interests!include]!!the!implementation!of!methodologies!for!the!assessment!of!transformative!learning.!!!

Paper!#81:!How!to!Bring!More!Richness!and!Rigour!into!Philosophical!Inquiry!–!Whatever!the!Topic,!and!on!the!Fly!Vanya!Kovach!

Room!2508,!June!27,!10:10C10:55!am!!You!should!attend!this!session!if!you!are!a!fairly!novice!facilitator!of!philosophical!communities!of!inquiry!who!wants!

to!enhance!their!practice,!or!if!you!train!or!mentor!facilitators.!!It!will!be!fast!paced,!interactive,!and!fun,!and!it!comes!

with! a! take\home!package!of! strategies.! These! strategies! are! the! fruit! of!my!20! years! of! experience! in! facilitating!

philosophical!inquiry!with!children!and!teachers.!

Dr$ Vanya$ Kovach,! Discipline! of! Philosophy,! University! of! Auckland,! New! Zealand,! and! Chair! of! the! Federation! of!Australasian!Philosophy!in!Schools!Associations,!and!Philosophy!for!Children!New!Zealand.!!

Paper!#14:!Picture!Books!and!Questions!of!Identity!Thomas!E.!Wartenberg!

Room!2504,!June!27,!10:10C10:55!am!If! you! are! interested! in! how! pictures! books! can! be! used! as! prompts! for! philosophical! discussions! in!

primary/elementary!schools,!or!if!you!are!skeptical!of!this!possibility,!this!session!is!for!you.!!Using!Leo!Lionni’s!lovely!

illustrated!book,! Little! Blue! and! Little! Yellow,! I!will! conduct! a!model! philosophical! discussion! focusing!on! issues! of!

identity!in!which!delegates!will!have!the!opportunity!to!take!part!in!an!actual!philosophy!session.!!Delegates!will!also!

have!a!chance!to!share!their!own!experiences!using!picture!books!to!initiate!philosophical!discussions,!as!well!as!to!

learn!about!other!picture!books!that!are!suitable!for!discussions!of!issues!related!to!the!conference!theme!of!identity!

and!diversity.!

Tom$Wartenberg$ is! Professor! of! Philosophy! at!Mount!Holyoke! College! and! the! author! of,! among! other! books,!Big!Ideas!for!Little!Kids:! !Teaching!Philosophy!Through!Children’s!Literature.! !He!was!awarded!the!2013!Merritt!Prize! for!his!contributions!to!the!Philosophy!of!Education.!!

Paper!#121:!A!Children’s!Story:!A!Story!About!the!Newcomer!Children’s!Right!to!Explore!Their!Own!Identities!Bahar!Khazei!!

Room!2306/9,!June!27,!10:10C10:55!am!!You! should! come! to! my! workshop! if! you! would! like! to! discover! different! teaching! practices! suitable! for!

multicultural!classrooms!and!the!possible!implications!of!these!practices!on!the!experiences!and!identities!of!the!

newcomer! students.! I! will! predominantly! explore! the! tool! of! story! telling! in! various! forms.! ! Stories! will! be!

discussed! in! a! supportive! community!of! Inquiry.! This!workshop!will! be!particularly! helpful! to! teachers! that! are!

interested!in!a!more!authentic!approach!to!multiculturalism.!!

Bahar$Khazei$is!currently!finishing!her!Bachelor!of!Education!at!the!University!of!British!Columbia.!She!is!focusing!on! the! Montessori! philosophy! for! the! Elementary! Curriculum.! She! is! passionate! about! enhancing! the! early!experiences! of! the! newcomers! in! the! education! institutes! through! storytelling! as!well! as! incorporating! outdoor!experiential!education!and!growing!food!in!her!teaching!practice.!!

Session!2!!!!!11:30E12:15!pm!!!

Paper!#63:!Philosophy,!a!Promise!Unfulfilled:!!Reinvigorating!Philosophy!in!Our!Schools!Chad!Miller!

Room!2131,!June!27,!11:30C12:15!pm!We! are! all! here! because! we! genuinely! care! about! creating! philosophical! opportunities! for! children,! but! our! schools!

typically!don’t!have!the!“space”!for!“philosophy!time.”!Therefore,!we!must!create!ways!in!which!philosophy!can!become!

the!pedagogy! in!which!we!teach!any!and!all! content!matter.!Come! learn!how!Hawaii’s! teachers!are!accomplishing! this!

task!by!evolving!the!Philosopher’s!Pedagogy!to!fit!the!contexts!of!their!K\12!classrooms.!!

Dr.$ Chad$Miller! is! the! 2012! Hawaii! Teacher! of! the! Year,! a! National! Board! Certified! teacher,! and! Director! of! Teacher!Development!at!the!University!of!Hawaii’s!Uehiro!Academy!for!Philosophy!and!Ethics! in!Education,!where!he!helps!kC12!teachers!bring!philosophy!into!their!classrooms.!!

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Paper!#61:!“The!Work”:!A!Way!of!Opening!the!Mind!to!New!and!Hidden!Perspectives!Tania!Fierro!

Room!2132,!June!27,!11:30C12:15!pm!!The!Work:!A!way!of!opening!the!mind!to!hidden!perspectives!

Coming!to!this!workshop!will!give!you!simple,!powerful!and!well!proven!tools!to!work!with!children!and!

adults!in!developing!perspectives!as!they!identify!and!question!the!thoughts!that!get!in!the!way!of!their!

clarity,!empathy!and!clear!communication.!We!will!see!a!clear!hands!on!example!as!we!review!the!results!

after!working!with!150!middle!school!children!in!a!school!in!Denver,!Colorado.!

Tania$Fierro!has!a!graduate!degree!in!Philosophy!and!Ethics!and!a!Philosophy!for!Children!Diploma!from!Universidad! Iberoamericana,! Mexico! City.! ! She! is! the! founder! of! Innerland,! philosophical! counselling!practice! in! North! Vancouver,! BC,! through! which! she! offers! individual,! couples! and! group! counselling!sessions! and! workshops! in! several! countries! throughout! Europe! and! North! America.! Tania! is! a! Certified! Counsellor! from! the! American!Philosophical!Practitioner’s!Association!in!New!York,!a!Certified!Facilitator!of!The!Work!of!Byron!Katie!and!Trainer!at!the!Institute!for!The!Work.!!

!Paper!#54:!The!Role!and!Nature!of!Authority!in!Philosophy!for!Children!in!the!Education!of!Democratic!Selves!and!the!

Creation!of!Democratic!Communities!Olivier!Michaud!

Room!2506,!June!27,!11:30C12:15!pm!!You! should! come! to! this! presentation! if! you! are! interested! in! the! interplay!between!democracy,! philosophy! and!

authority.!By!basing!myself!on!a!qualitative! research! in!a! kindergarten! classroom,! I!will! present!how!a!particular!

kind!of!authority!appeared!in!COPI!sessions,!which!brought!a!different!kind!of!democratic!education!than!in!other!

moments!of!that!particular!classroom!life.!I!will!also!raise!some!issues!regarding!the!practice!of!authority!in!p4c!and!

will!open!these!subjects!to!dialogue.!!

Olivier$Michaud!is!professor!of!educational!foundations!at!the!Université!du!Québec!at!Rimouski.!!!!

Paper!#40:!Philosophical!Inquiry!using!Musical!Materials!in!a!Global!Environment!Ripan!Barua!Sraman!!

Room!2508,!June!27,!11:30C12:15!pm!!You!should! come! to!my! session! if! you!would! like! to!explore!using!musical!materials!as!a! stimulus! for!Philosophical!

Inquiry.!

Mr.$ Ripan$Barua$ Sraman! is! the! Joint! Secretary!General! of! the! Bangladesh! Buddhist! Fedaration,! Cox'sbazar!District!Zone,! Bangladesh,! a! researcher! at! Mahamakut! Buddhist! University! Thailand,! and! a! teacher! at! Wat! pha! chaiwan!Children!School,!Thailand.!!!

Paper!#13:!The!Experience!of!Philosophy:!!Can!it!Bring!Schole!Back!to!School?!Walter!Omar!Kohan!!

Room!2504,!June!27,!11:30C12:15!pm!!This!presentation!will!focus!on!the!classic!question!“Why!philosophy!in!schools?”!Far!from!thinking!and!

practicing!philosophy!as!a!tool!toward!the!formation!of!the!young,!I´ll!propose!it!as!a!strategy!to!recover!

schole!in!school.!Dr.$ Kohan$ is! a! Professor! of! Philosophy! of! Education! State! University! of! Rio! de! Janeiro! (Brazil),! a!researcher! of! the! National! Council! of! Cientific! and! Technologic! Development! (CNPQ,! Brazil),! a! senior!researcher!of!the!Foundation!of!Support!of!Research!of!the!State!of!Rio!de!Janeiro!and!the!Director!of!the!Center!of!Philosophical!Studies!of!Childhood.!!

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Paper!#42:!Attending!to!Tension:!Philosophical!Enquiry!and!the!Ethical!Education!of!Children!Grace!Robinson!

Room!2306/9,!June!27,!11:30C12:15!pm!!You!should!come!to!my!session!if!you!have!ever!felt!the!tension!of!your!dual!role!as!facilitator!of!ethical!enquiry!and!

ethical!instructor.!You!should!come!if!you’ve!ever!wondered!how!a!teacher!can!create!space!in!which!ethical!norms!

can! be! challenged! –! even! rejected! –! in! the! spirit! of! intellectually! vigorous! philosophical! enquiry! whilst!

simultaneously! upholding! and! reinforcing! those! norms! as! non\negotiable! expectations! in! a! classroom!where! you!

have!the!last!word.!

Grace$Robinson$ is! the!Founder!and!Director!of!Thinking!Space,!a!UK!notCforCprofit!company!working!with!children!and! adults!wherever! philosophical! enquiry! can!make! a! positive! difference! to! people’s! lives.! She! is! also! a! doctoral!student! in! Philosophy! of! Ethics! Education! at! the! Institute! of! Education,!UCL! and! lectures! on! the! Leeds! Philosophy!Exchange!programme!at! the!University!of! Leeds!–!a!programme! she! created.!Grace! is! a! SAPERE!accredited! trainer!and!an!associate!of! The!Philosophy!Foundation!

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Session!3!!!!!1:45E!2:30!pm!Paper!#50:!Elaborating!“Dialogue”!in!Communities!of!Inquiry:!Discourse!Practices!that!Facilitate!Intercultural!

Communication!!Claire!Alkouatli,!Negar!Amini,!&!Jennifer!Vadeboncoeur!

Room!2131,!June!27,!1:45!C!2:30!pm!

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This!presentation!elaborates!how!dialogue!may!work!as!a!practice!in!communities!of!inquiry.!We!examine!two!discursive!practices!as!tools!for!

thinking!and!feeling!toward!epistemic!openness:!heteroglossic!attunement,!a!discernment!of!the!multiple!voices!at!work!in!spoken!or!written!

texts,!and!semantic!sharpening,! the!refinement!of!dialogue!towards!clarity.!Please! join!us! in!exploring!how!deepening!our!attention! to!and!

theorizations!of!“dialogue”!may!enable!us!to!better!incorporate!heterogeneity!as!a!resource!for!learning!in!communities!of!inquiry.!!

Claire$Alkouatli$ is! a! graduate! student! in!Human! Learning,!Development! and!Culture! at!UBC,!with! a! concentration! on! Social! and! Emotional!Learning.!Claire’s!research!examines!educators’!understandings!of!learning!and!development!in!Muslim!educational!contexts.!Negar$Amini$is!a!graduate!student!in!Human!Development,!Learning!and!Culture!at!UBC.!Her!research!examines!identity!construction!and!learning!with!young!Iranian!English!speakers!in!Vancouver.!Jennifer$A.$Vadeboncoeur$is!Associate!Professor!of!Human!Development,!Learning,!and!Culture!at!UBC.!Her!scholarly!interests!include!learning!from!young!people!about!their!participation!in!alternative!contexts!for!learning,!as!well!as!how!this!is!mediated!by!adults.!Her!research!draws!on!culturalChistorical!approaches!to!learning!and!teaching,!critical!theory,!ethnographic!methods,!and!critical!discourse!analysis.!!!

Paper!#80:!Experiencing!Borders!as!Bridges:!Philosophical!Inquiry!and!the!Dynamics!of!InEformation!Daniela!Manno!&!Stefano!Oliverio!

Room!2132,!June!27,!1:45C2:30!pm!!

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You! should! come! to! our! session! if! you! are! interested! in! exploring! with! us! different! perspectives! on! dialogue! (fundamentally! through! a!

comparison!of!Vygotsky!and!Bakhtin)!and!how!those!perspectives!allow!us!to!model!the!practice!of!P4C.!Against!this!backdrop,!in!our!session!

we!would!like!to!engage!with!a!common!reflection!on!the!dynamics!of!in\formation!(=getting!(to)!a!form!through!the!dialogue!with!the!others)!

by! investigating! it! in! reference! to! intercultural!education.! Finally,! you!might!be!willing! to!help!us! to!develop! the! idea!of! the! facilitator!as!a!

border\drawer!but! also! a!bridge\builder,!who! supports! the!dynamics!of!border\crossing,! in!which! the!members!of! the!CPI! are! involved,!by!

promoting!processes!of!cosmopolitan!reflectivity!à!la!Hansen.!!

Daniela$ Manno,! PhD! in! Education,! works! at! the! “Scienza! nuova! [New! Science]”! Research! Centre! of! the! University! of! Naples! Suor! Orsola!Benincasa.!She!has!been!active!as!a!facilitator!of!Philosophy!for!Children!and!an!expert!on!Lipman’s!curriculum!for!the!last!four!years.!Stefano$Oliverio!is!postCdoctoral!researcher!in!Inclusive!Education!at!the!SInAPSi!Centre!of!the!University!of!Naples!Federico!II.!Since!2007!he!has!been!active!in!P4C!with!workshops!and!projects!in!formal,!nonCformal!and!informal!educational!contexts.!

!Paper!#88:!Childism!and!the!Community!of!Inquiry$

Anastasia!Anderson!

Room!2506,!June!27,!1:45C2:30!pm!!Come! to!my! session! if! you! are! interested! in! Childism! and! the! role! of! engaged! philosophical! inquiry! in! promoting!

children's!rights.!

Anastasia$Anderson! is!Associate!Professor!of!Philosophy!at! the!University!of! the! Fraser!Valley.! She! is! the!Assistant!Director!of!Think!Fun!Camps!and!coCauthor!of!the!critical!thinking!text,!Think!it!Through:!Reasoning!in!Everyday!Life.!

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Paper!#72:!!“A$Person's$a$Person,$No$Matter$How$Small”!An!inquiry!into!Pupils’!Voice!in!Five!Primary!Classrooms!in!Iran!Monireh!Partovi!!

Room!2508,!June!27,!1:45C2:30!pm!!Researcher:!“Who!are!victims!in!your!view,!children?”!!“Miss!they!are!like!turtles.!I!read!in!a!book!that!people!are!three!types;!either!they!are!wolves!who!speak!up!their!minds!without! considering! they!may!hurt!or!disrespect!others.!Or! they!are! like!horses!and! they! say!what! they!think!without!being!disrespectful!to!others.!The!third!group!of!people!is!turtles!that!stay!quiet!because!they!want!to!please!everyone.”!(a!10CyearCold!child).!Come!along!to!my!session! if!you!would! like! to!hear!about! the!voices!of! Iranian!children.! I!would! like! to!share!

some!of!my!doctorate! research! findings!drawing!on! ‘community!of! inquiry’! approach! and!One!Thousand!and!

One!Nights!stories!in!year!4!classrooms!in!Tehran.!!

Monireh$Partovi! has! recently! completed!her!PhD! in!Education!at! the!University!of!Warwick!where! she! facilitates! tutorials! for!postgraduate!students! studying! Childhood! in! Society! course.! Her! research! focuses! on! childhood! studies,! pupil! voice! and! pupil! participation,! innovative!pedagogical!methods!and! children’s! rights.! She! is!particularly! interested! in! researching! ‘community!of! enquiry’! approach! to!gain!a!more! inCdepth!understanding!of!this!method!and!its!possible!benefits!in!different!educational!settings.!!

Paper!#103:!Philosophy!with!Picturebooks:!A!Nomadic!Pedagogy?!Joanna!Haynes!&!Karin!Murris!!

Room!2504,!June!27,!1:45C2:30!pm!!In! our! presentation! we! will! characterise! the! posthuman! ontoepistemology! and! ethics! of! philosophy! with!

picturebooks!\!an!explication!of!the!methodology!for!our!particular!selection!of!picturebooks!as!philosophical!

texts.!You!are!very!welcome!to!join!us!if!you!like!to!find!out!more!about!a!cutting!edge!“navigational!tool”!

(Braidotti,!2010)!that!makes!us!think!differently!about!philosophical!praxis.!

Dr$Joanna$Haynes! is!Associate!Professor! in!Education!Studies!at!Plymouth!University! Institute!of!Education!(UK).!Dr$Karin$Murris! is!Associate!Professor!at!the!School!of!Education,!University!of!Cape!Town!(SA).!Both!have!been!involved!for!decades!in!teacher!education!of!P4C!and!written!extensively!about!the!topic,!including!books! and! resource!materials! and! they! are! currently! coCediting!with! Prof!Maughn! Gregory! the! Routledge!International!Handbook!on!Philosophy!for!Children.!Karin!was!the!conference!convenor!of!the!16th!ICPIC!Conference!in!2013.!!

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Session!4!!!!!2:40E!3:25!pm!!Paper!#77:!Caring!for!the!“Linguistic!Environment”:!A!New!Way!of!Caring!for!Others!

Daniel!Anderson!!

Room!2131,!June!27,!2:40C3:25!pm!!During! this!presentation,! the! relationship!between! the!quality!of!dialogue!present!within!Communities!of!

Inquiry! (COI)! and! its! practical! implications! on! agents'! behaviour! will! be! examined.! Attendance! is! highly!

recommended!for!those!who!have!had!trouble!problem\solving!apathetic!and!complacent!tendencies!in!COI!

participants,!or! for!those!who!are!puzzled!by!the!disconnect!often!witnessed!between!COI!discussion!and!

the!behaviours!of!its!participants!post\dialogue.!This!discussion's!goal!is!to!hopefully!equip!facilitators!with!

tools!that!will!help!them!better!ensure!an!invested!commitment!from!participants!entering!and!leaving!the!

conversation.!!Daniel$Anderson$has!a!Philosophy!Honours!Degree!from!UBC!and!an!Associate!of!Arts!Degree!from!Capilano!University.!Daniel!also!serves!as!the!Associate!Director!of!both!the!Vancouver!Institute!of!Philosophy!for!Children!and!Think!Fun!Camps!run!at!the! University! of! the! Fraser! Valley.! Daniel's! interests! in! the! field! of! philosophy! surround!moral!motivation,!metaethics,! posthumanism! and!pedagogy.!!

Paper!#1:!What!to!Seek!and!What!to!Avoid:!Philosophy!and!Final!Ends!Stephen!Kekoa!Miller!

Room!2132,!June!27,!2:40C3:25!pm!!You!should!come!to!this!presentation!if!you!are!interested!in!pre\college!philosophy!as!more!than!method.!!!This!paper!

will!explore!some!ways!!high!school!philosophy!can!help!students!navigate!the!question!of!final!ends.!!!With!reference!to!

both!classical!wisdom!traditions!and!recent!studies!in!Eudaimonics/!happiness,!the!paper!will!emphasize!how!philosophy!

can!help!address!the!otherwise!absent!discussion!of!how!what!we!aim!for!affects!what!type!of!life!we’ll!live.!

Stephen$ Kekoa$Miller! teaches! Philosophy! at! Oakwood! Friends! School! and!Marist! College! in! Poughkeepsie,! New! York.!!Stephen!has!Philosophy!students!ranging!from!5th!grade!!through!returning!adult!students!

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Paper!#83:!The!Epistemology!of!Imagination!and!Play!in!the!Community!of!Inquiry!Karen!Mizell!

Room!2506,!June!27,!2:40C3:25!pm!!As!our!understanding!of!modal!logic,!philosophical!thought!experiments,!and!the!logic!of!counterfactuals!evolves,!we!can!

better!appreciate!the!complex!epistemic!and!conceptual!abilities!of!even!very!young!children.!Come!to!this!presentation!

to! investigate! ways! children! engage! in! conceptual! play! based! on!make\believe! and! contrary\to\fact\conditionals! and!

learn!why!hitherto! limited!understanding!of!children’s!ability! to!make!sense!of! the!distinction!between! imaginary!and!

realistic!beliefs! contributed! to! their!exclusion! from!philosophical!dialogue.!Most! importantly,!we!will! explore!why! this!

matters,!especially!in!educational!models.!

Karen$Mizell!is!Professor!of!Philosophy!at!Utah!Valley!University.!!!

Paper!#33:!The!Examined!Lives!of!Culturally!Diverse!P4C!Teacher!Facilitators:!The!Art!of!Balancing!Tensions!!Jessica!Ching\Sze!Wang,!Amber!Strong!Makaiau,!Karen!Ragoonaden,!&!Lu!Leng!

Room!2504,!June!27,!2:40C3:25!pm!!To! all! the! P4C! facilitators! out! there:! Do! you! ever! struggle! about!when! to! enter! into! the! dialogue!

during!a!P4C!community!of!inquiry!discussion?!Do!you!ever!experience!the!tension!between!building!

the! community!and!deepening! the! inquiry?!Do!you!ponder! the! relationship!between! teachers! and!

students?!!Come!to!this!presentation!to!learn!how!a!team!of!six!international!Philosophy!for!Children!

(P4C)! researchers! and! practitioners! used! self\study! research!methods! to! understand! the! nuanced!

roles! and! tensions! of! teacher! facilitators! in! a! P4C! community! of! inquiry.! They! are! from! the! USA,!

Taiwan,!China,!Japan,!and!Canada,!and!are!all!members!of!the!Philosophy!for!Children!Hawaiʻi!(p4cHI)!

International! Journaling! and! Self\Study! Project.! In! this! presentation! they! invite! you! to! enter! their!

ongoing!inquiry,!which!asks!“what!does!it!mean!to!be!a!teacher!facilitator!in!a!P4C!community!of!inquiry?”!

Jessica$ChingGSze$Wang$ is!an!associate!professor!at!National!Chiayi!University!in!Taiwan.!Amber$Strong$Makaiau,!is!an!assistant!professor!at!the!University!of!Hawaii!at!Manoa,!USA.!Karen$Ragoonaden!is!an!associate!professor!at!the!University!of!British!Columbia,!Canada.!Lu$Leng$is!a!doctoral!candidate!at!the!University!of!Hawaii!at!Manoa,!China.!!!

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With$special$thanks$to$our$sponsors:$UBC$Faculty$of$Education,$The$Department$of$Educational$and$Counselling$Psychology$and$Special$Education$(ECPS),$and$the$Department$of$Philosophy$