Philosophers in Schools: An assessment of the ongoing partnership between The Philosophy Foundation and King’s College London’s Philosophy Department
In this paper, we pause to assess a long-standing and ongoing outreach programme by King’s College London and The Philosophy Foundation. In it, philosophy students at university are recruited and trained to facilitate philosophy sessions for pupils who go to schools with high rates of free school me...
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| description | In this paper, we pause to assess a long-standing and ongoing outreach programme by King’s College London and The Philosophy Foundation. In it, philosophy students at university are recruited and trained to facilitate philosophy sessions for pupils who go to schools with high rates of free school meals. This paper describes every stage of that programme, from the recruitment and training of students to the difficulties that can accrue along the way. It also argues that the programme has a benefit which is underappreciated and understudied in the literature on philosophy in schools, which is that it fosters cultural capital among the pupils who participate in it. As such, the paper serves both as a proof of concept for a high-quality, cost-effective philosophical outreach programme and as an impetus for further research into the effects of such programmes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-22533ad0981f476682826a15f754c8df2024-01-17T08:09:39ZengUniversity of Birmingham Library ServicesJournal of Philosophy in Schools2204-24822023-12-01102171Philosophers in Schools: An assessment of the ongoing partnership between The Philosophy Foundation and King’s College London’s Philosophy DepartmentHenrik Røed Sherling0Emma Swinn1University of CambridgeKing's College London and The Philosophy FoundationIn this paper, we pause to assess a long-standing and ongoing outreach programme by King’s College London and The Philosophy Foundation. In it, philosophy students at university are recruited and trained to facilitate philosophy sessions for pupils who go to schools with high rates of free school meals. This paper describes every stage of that programme, from the recruitment and training of students to the difficulties that can accrue along the way. It also argues that the programme has a benefit which is underappreciated and understudied in the literature on philosophy in schools, which is that it fosters cultural capital among the pupils who participate in it. As such, the paper serves both as a proof of concept for a high-quality, cost-effective philosophical outreach programme and as an impetus for further research into the effects of such programmes.https://account.jps.bham.ac.uk/index.php/up-j-jps/article/view/194cultural capitaloutreachp4cphilosophy for childrenphilosophy in schools |
| spellingShingle | Henrik Røed Sherling Emma Swinn Philosophers in Schools: An assessment of the ongoing partnership between The Philosophy Foundation and King’s College London’s Philosophy Department Journal of Philosophy in Schools cultural capital outreach p4c philosophy for children philosophy in schools |
| title | Philosophers in Schools: An assessment of the ongoing partnership between The Philosophy Foundation and King’s College London’s Philosophy Department |
| title_full | Philosophers in Schools: An assessment of the ongoing partnership between The Philosophy Foundation and King’s College London’s Philosophy Department |
| title_fullStr | Philosophers in Schools: An assessment of the ongoing partnership between The Philosophy Foundation and King’s College London’s Philosophy Department |
| title_full_unstemmed | Philosophers in Schools: An assessment of the ongoing partnership between The Philosophy Foundation and King’s College London’s Philosophy Department |
| title_short | Philosophers in Schools: An assessment of the ongoing partnership between The Philosophy Foundation and King’s College London’s Philosophy Department |
| title_sort | philosophers in schools an assessment of the ongoing partnership between the philosophy foundation and king s college london s philosophy department |
| topic | cultural capital outreach p4c philosophy for children philosophy in schools |
| url | https://account.jps.bham.ac.uk/index.php/up-j-jps/article/view/194 |
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