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Philosophy in
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Secondary Schools
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Brent Silby
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Philosophy
Today I will attempt to convince you that Philosophy needs to beoffered in all schools.
An example
Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti
Each block between 10-20% of students are doing PhilosophyStudent feedback indicates a high level of enjoyment, and anongoing desire for more Philosophy coursesStudents choose all of their subjects on a block by block basis.There are usually about 60 different courses on offer at any onetime.
A selection of statements from Unlimited students.
These were made in response to the question “How does Philosophy help you?”asked by Daryl Macer from Unesco during a class visit in 2009.
“Philosophy gets us to think differently about real world problems” “Philosophy helps me in my other subjects because it teaches mehow to question the truth of information … now I know that opinions and facts need to be justified.” “I now know how to make an argument and back up my conclusions” “Philosophy is my favourite subject because I’m allowed to ask questions about things like whether God exists instead of just being told what to think”
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