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Schools for this age

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This page will contain many links to interesting articles, podcasts or discussions on schools and classrooms.

This first link is to an A.B.C. Radio National program featuring Bridgewater Primary School in South Australia.

[1] 

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2009/2542570.htm

Philosophical enquiry is an apporach to robustly enrich the deep knowledge and deep understanding of students around big ideas. Buranda State School in Queensland is a trail blazer and Cambewarra and Quaama Public Schools in NSW are also developing PI approaches. I have included a link to a program on Buranda.

[2]

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/encounter/stories/2009/2542653.htm

Footnotes

  1. The school has no classrooms or teachers, instead there are 'learning areas' and 'learning area adults', and the children have a direct say in what they study in their particular areas of interest. ▲
  2. One of the most popular Encounter programs ever is re-presented to remind us that philosophical inquiry in schools is gaining momentum here and overseas. We go to Buranda State School in Brisbane and join a class of 8 to 10 year olds to hear how philosophical inquiry works and what occurs when 26 children reason and think together about the big questions of life. ▲

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