CONGRATULATIONS Kate on receiving the Outstanding Professional Service Award 2024 from the Institute of Educational Leadership in Australia.
We are passionate about providing opportunities for children to be quality thinkers. We run workshops to support teachers in developing critical and creative inquiry methodology in their teaching practice.
We do this because of the consistent body of evidence over several decades that demonstrates P4C provides measurable educational benefits to children: academically, socially and emotionally. As an example, a 2016 study involving 3,159 Year 3 students from 48 schools across the UK saw English and Maths scores improve by an average of two months and the benefits were even more pronounced for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Visit Sapere for the full report.
Kinderphilosophy is endorsed by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) to provide QTC Registered Professional Development courses towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW. Click here for a full list of current courses on offer. All our workshops are presented by practicing classroom teachers.
Apart from providing workshops for teachers and philosophers and working within schools, we are also out and about. To see some of the things we have been recently doing click here.
Book Courses
Introduction to Philosophic Inquiry in the K-6 classroom
Master class in Philosophical Inquiry
*** STEM: The S in STEM – enriching Science Inquiry Three levels available: Early Years (3-6-year-olds), Middle Primary (Stages 2 and 3), and Secondary (Stages 4 and 5).
*** STEM: The TE in STEM – enriching Design & Technology (Engineering) with philosophical tools Tthree levels available: Early Years (3-6-year-olds), Middle Primary (Stages 2 & 3), and Secondary (Stages 4 & 5).
*** STEM: The M in STEM – enriching Mathematical thinking Three levels available: Early Years (3-6-year-olds), Middle Primary (Stages 2 & 3), and Secondary (Stages 4 & 5).
*** STEM: Questioning in STEM using philosophical tools Three levels available: Early Years (3-6-year-olds), Middle Primary (Stages 2 & 3), and Secondary (Stages 4 & 5).
