---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Matthew P. Wills <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:59 PM Subject: RE AUSTRALASIAN PHILOSOTHON TO BE HELD IN SYDNEY To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
I am writing to see if SydPhil members might be interested in being involved in the upcoming national Philsothon which is going to be held in Sydney in July. Professor Nick Smith from Macquarie University recently wrote about Philosothons; "The event was an inspiring model of how to engage in constructive, cooperative inquiry. Indeed, in all my years in Higher Education I have hardly ever witnessed such an engaging and inspirational series of philosophical discussions – and from schoolchildren!" Professor Greg Restall from Melbourne University wrote about a Philosothon held in Melbourne last year; "This was a remarkably refreshing and encouraging occasion, seeing students displaying the skills in cooperative inquiry, critical and creative thinking that they have learned in their schools, and working together to come to a new understanding of these deep issues. I was impressed most not only by the skills and understanding that the students brought to the event, but by the constructive attitudes they showed. The students modelled the kind of respectful and engaged discussion which is so important, but often missing, in our world today." Over the past three years interschool Philosothons have grown in number in each state of Australia to the point where for the first time there will be a national Philosothon held in Sydney between July 11th & 13th 2011. The Federation of Australasian Philosophy in Schools Associations (FAPSA) is hosting the event at Cranbrook School and Ascham College in Bellevue Hill. Twelve winning schools from 2010 have accepted the invitation to send their best and brightest Philosophers to Sydney over the three days to participate in Philosophical Communities of Inquiry on a variety of topics. The 12 schools participating in this event are; * AB Paterson College QLD * Anglican Church Grammar School QLD * Ascham School NSW * Ballarat Grammar School VIC * Christ Church Grammar School WA * Cranbrook School NSW * Hale School Perth WA * McKinnon Secondary College VIC * Perth College WA * St Laurence’s College QLD * St Andrew’s Cathedral School VIC * Tangara School NSW We are writing to enlist some assistance from SydPhil members to provide some judges for this event. We have invited Phd Philosophy students to be involved in facilitating the discussions. The judges role would be to award scores to individual students on the basis of their skills in philosophical discourse. I have attached to this email further details about what is involved. We are looking for people to be available for one, two or three discussions over either of the following two days. (or both) Please email us back ASAP if any of you are able to help out; Monday 11th July at 8pm - 9pm Tuesday 12th July at 10am - 10.30pm Tuesday 12th July at 11am - 12pm Tuesday 13th July at 12pm - 1pm Tuesday 13th July at 7pm - 8pm Tuesday 13th July at 8pm - 9pm We will provide you with lunch and or dinner if required and more information can be found about the National Philosothon at http://www.fapsa.org or http://www.philosothon.org warm regards Matthew Wills The Head of Philosophy, Values and Religion Hale School Hale Rd Wembley Downs 6018 Hale School Philosothon www.hale.wa.edu.au National Philosothon www.philosothon.org Ph.08 9347 0722 Fax. 08 9347 9799
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