philosophy’s position in the nz secondary school system
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Philosophy’s position in the NZ Secondary School System
NZ Association For Philosophy Teachers
SocCon 2013
Thanks to The Woods Bequest
The Trifecta1st Philosophy of Education
2nd Philosophy as a non-isolatable domain underlying all Learning Areas
3rd Philosophy as a Social Science/Humanities discipline
Pedagogy Philosophy
Revised NZ Curriculum (2007)
Ideological Visions
Confident, connected, actively involved and lifelong learners
Go forth to new heights in achievement and labour
Philosophy Pedagogy
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
1st
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
EPISTEMOLOGY
Knowledge and its transmission
The problem of conceptual change
ETHIC
Status of the neonate Rights and responsibilities
Individual and societal needs
Philosophy as a trans-disciplinary non-isolable domain
Stephen E. Toulmin (1972) Human Understanding
2nd: Refined NZ Curriculum
Philosophy helps to imbue the public mind with a certain number of philosophical and moral notions to be regarded as a minimum equipment, and which are calculated to reinforce respect for human personality. UNESCO (1946)
UNESCO, Philosophy a School of Freedom, Paris, UNESCO Publishing 2007.UNESCO, Teaching Philosophy in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, UNESCO Publishing 2009
Intra-disciplinary Nature of Philosophy • integrates and transcends other disciplines - enhances
cognitive efficiency• Interdependent structuring of discussion for young people
whose existential relationships to the self and to others are in constant flux – cultivates reasonableness
• establishes a space within a school context where ‘broadening the horizons of reason’ to the limits of thought and understanding can be a regular part of the curriculum; extreme indoor education – enables rational autonomy
• allows a non-sectarian inquiry and exploration of ethics without social control or indoctrination. Students examine a number of perspectives and develop skills to navigate moral life – develops values
Scientific speculation is a philosophical activity and as such precedes theory and practice. Similarly for all other disciplines.
Student Essay Example: Quantum Physics How to think about Quantum Wave-Function Collapse
Quantum Physics remains an area of intense speculation for physicists, because of the uncertainty of how a quantum element in a superposition (in two states at once) will ‘collapse’ into being in only one state when measured. This has resulted in some strange postulations of how the universe works when the quantum interact with the macroscopic world. In this essay, I will evaluate three of the main hypotheses that attempt to explain the collapse of the superposition using the ‘SEARCH’ formula. The ‘SEARCH’ formula is a method used to evaluate evidence supporting multiple hypotheses and determine which is the most probable. The SEARCH formula consists of four main steps:
NB: also illustrates how the Humanities can be essential for STEM
A rigorous humanities subject
"We're hiring a living breathing person, not a qualification. Someone who is thinking about who and what they are, why they are justifying taking up space on earth - we're hiring people's values and attitudes. If I found a [job] applicant with philosophy skills I would grab them.”
Kim Campbell, Chief Executive EMA - Employers and Manufacturers Association
(October, 2012)
Learning Objectives – Curriculum GuideStrand Level 6 Level 7 Level 8
Inquiry 1.1 Identify and describe philosophical ideas
2.1 Describe and explain philosophical ideas
3.1 Analyse and compare philosophical ideas
Reasoning 1.2 Identify and describe reasoned arguments
2.1 Develop reasoned arguments
3.1 Analyse and evaluate reasoned arguments
Philosophical perspectives
1.3 Identify and describe ideas in philosophical perspectives
2.3 Develop and explain ideas in philosophical perspectives
3.3 Analyse and evaluate ideas in philosophical perspectives
Applied philosophy
1.4 Identify and describe how philosophical inquiry can be applied to a range of issues
2.4 Describe and explain how philosophical inquiry can be applied to a range of issues
3.4 Analyse and evaluate how philosophical inquiry can be applied to a range of issues
3rd
Why study philosophy?
• Seek wisdom and insight• Make ethical decisions• Think critically• Argue logically• Build personal confidence
Predicting Patterns in Nature
?Each group carries out an experiment on Mother Nature by trying to predict the next card in the sequence. As Mother Nature knows and operates the same pattern, she will give feedback on the success or failure of each experiment. Each group continues predicting until an experiment fails, and then the next group takes over. At any time a group can put forward an hypothesis to describe the pattern of nature. If incorrect, that team is out of the game; if correct, the Nobel prize.
Testing HypothesesHypothesis 1• Alternate colours (red, black, red, black)Hypothesis 2• Number cards alternating with face cardsHypothesis 3• Alternate suits (diamond, club, diamond, club)Hypothesis 4 –Mother Nature’s Choice• Alternate lower and higher cards (low, high,
low, high)
Conformation Bias, FalsificationBen Goldacre. Battling Bad Science, TED Talks
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