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Philosophy as a Tool for Ameliorating
Educational Disadvantage
Thomas E. WartenbergMount Holyoke CollegeVictoria University Wellington
Mount Holyoke College Student Teaching Philosophy
James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous
Men• In every child who is born, under no matter what
circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again: and in him, too, once more, and of each of us, our terrific responsibility toward human life; toward the utmost idea of goodness, of the horror of terror, and of God... And ‘education,’ whose function is at the crisis of this appalling responsibility, does not seem to me to be all, or even anything, that it might be.... (290-91)
Walker Evans, Let Us Now Praise Famous
Men
Mount Holyoke Students at MLKCSE
A Practice Session
Introduction to Philosophy for Second
Graders
http://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org
Bravery (Ethics)
Social and Political Philosophy
Essential Properties (Metaphysics)
Informal Logic
Philosophy of Language
Aesthetics(Philosophy of Art)
Environmental Ethics
The Chart
How Old the Boy Is and What He Wants
How the tree responds Is the Tree Happy? Did the Boy Ask for Too Much
A young boyHe swings in the tree
Nothing Yes
A teenagerHe wants money for a date
He gives him his apples Yes
A Young ManHe wants wood for a house
Gives the Man/boy his branches
Yes
A Middle Aged ManHe wants a boat
Gives the Man/boy his trunk
Not really
An old manTo rest
Lets him sit on the stumnp he has become
Yes
A Sample Discussion The Giving Tree
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What students learn
1.To love books
What students learn
•2. How to say what they think
For videos please visit:http://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5wuHRyHez0
What students learn
• 3. Self-Confidence
What students learn
•4. Understanding Arguments
Walker, Wartenberg, and Winner, forthcoming
A chart illustrating the results of a research project demonstrating children’s
increased level of understanding argumentshad to removed pending publication
What students learn
•5. Putting College onto their Radar Screen
What students learn
• 6. Creating Enthusiasm for Learning