philosophy in high school
TagPhilosophy Department Survival Strategies: The Ontarian Approach (guest post)
The percentage of college graduates who are majors in philosophy is about five and half times higher in Canada than in the United States. One factor in this might be the success philosophers have had in implementing philosophy courses in Ontario high schools. (more…)
Improving Philosophy’s Prospects with a Model for Bringing it to High Schools (guest post)
If more people were exposed to philosophy in high school, that would likely be good for those students and good for their schools—and good for academic philosophy, too, as one risk to philosophy at the university level in the United States is that people (students, other university employees, the general public, legislators) tend to be relatively unfamiliar with i..
Two Ideas for Improving the Future of Philosophy (guest post)
“In this post, I want to encourage a conversation about active steps that we—all of us who love, teach, and write philosophy—might take to help philosophy’s future.” (more…)
One Front in the Fight for Philosophy’s Survival in the US: High Schools
One obstacle undergraduate philosophy programs in the United States face is student unfamiliarity with philosophy. (more…)
We Can Do This (updated)
Most of us believe it would be better for students to be exposed to philosophy before starting college, for various reasons. A public high school in the town of Saginaw, Michigan is trying to accomplish that, but it needs our help.
Kirk Wolf is professor of philosophy at Delta College and advisor to the Philosophy Club at the Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy. Th..