USEFUL LINKS&RESOURCES​

សញ្ញាណទូទៅនៃទស្សនវិជ្ជា

Introduction to Philosophy
By

Chanroeun PA

Chapter 1: ធម្មជាតិនៃទស្សនវិជ្ជា The Nature of Philosophy (Power Point File)

Chapter 2: អស្តិរូបវិជ្ជា Metaphysics (Power Point File)
Chapter 3: ទ្រឹស្តីពុទ្ធិ Epistemology (PDF File)
Chapter 4: តក្កវិជ្ជា Logic (PDF File)
Chapter 5: សីលវិជ្ជា Ethics (PDF File)
Chapter 6: សោភ័ណ្ឌវិជ្ជា Aesthetics (PDF File 2.84 MB)

Chapter 7: តួនាទីទស្សនវិជ្ជានៅក្នុងសង្រ្គាម​​ និងសន្តិភាព-The Roles of Philosophy in War and Peace

Chapter 8: Teaching People to Think

Other Useful Websites

Great Web Sources for Teachers

These carefully selected web pages contain very useful material to assist your efforts in educating for character. There is a lot in this list that you can use as the basis for class discussions, writing assignments and student activities. We have not attempted to sort them according to the virtues they teach because they all teach many virtues.

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
www.actsofkindness.org
This website is just packed with great stuff for propagating basic human kindness. Their own description is way too modest, but here it is: “Want to encourage kindness on campus? Access our free Teacher’s Guide, lesson plans, activity ideas, teachers’ experiences, and other materials to help you successfully incorporate kindness into your school.” A real gem.

The Laws of Life Essay Contest
http://www.lawsoflife.org
This project of the John Templeton Foundation offers young people the chance to reflect on and write about what they stand for. Participants identify the laws of life that mean the most to them, and explain their choices through the experiences they have had, the lessons they have learned, and the people who have served as living examples. A truly great character education activity for any grade level. The website gives detailed instructions and lots of examples. Highly recommended.

Wise Skills Resources - Free Lessons

http://www.wiseskills.com/samples.html
These free sample lessons serve up a generous variety of interconnected activities and experiences to help your students develop good character. Written by a former teacher.

Do Something
http://www.dosomething.org/
If you want your kids to be passive and docile, don’t let them near this website. It’ll fill their little heads with ideas about making the world a better place, and empower them to do something about it. Whatever you do, don’t click on the “Action Guide.”The Ethics Connection at the

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/education/Ethical dilemmas for young people written as dialogs. Lots to think about, talk about, write about.

Kids Care Clubs
http://www.kidscare.org
Dedicated to developing compassion and the spirit of charity in children. This organization provides children, families, schools, and religious groups with meaningful opportunities to help others in their local and global communities. You can set up an affiliated club in your elementary school.

KeyPals Club
http://www.teaching.com/keypals
A place for young people, teachers and students to locate and correspond with other youth and students around the world.

Teaching Tolerance (for teachers)
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/
A national education project dedicated to helping teachers foster equity, respect, and understanding in the classroom and beyond. This website offers excellent classroom activities as well as tremendously useful resources for teachers.

Tips for Keeping the Peace
http://www.esrnational.org/otc/
Teach your students these practical tips for preventing fights.

Respectful Communication - Civility
http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/treatment/civilcom.htm
http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/civility.htm
These are two excellent pages on a University of Colorado website with instructions on how to deal with difficult, long-lasting, and resolution-resistant conflicts.

Conflict Resolution Activities for K-12
http://teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-3038.html
From Educators for Social Responsibility.

Active Peer Mediation Programs
http://www.coe.ufl.edu/CRPM/othersites.html
A list of helpful sites for Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation.

Fair-Play Code for Athletes, Coaches, and Parents
http://www.stalbertringette.com/Forms/tabid/1032/Default.aspx
Build character through sports with this code of behavior for student athletes and the people who influence them the most

Fairness In Journalism
http://www.asne.org/works/jvi/jvibalan.htm
Excellent guidance for your journalism students from the American Society of Newspaper Editors

A Student Service Learning Program
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/ssl/
What would a model service learning program consist of? This amazing site gives the entire set of blueprints for the Student Service Learning program of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools. An indispensable resource!

The Big Dummies Guide to Service Learning
http://www.fiu.edu/~time4chg/Library/bigdummy.html
An excellent guide on what to do and how to do it.

Learn and Serve
http://www.learnandserve.org/
A comprehensive information system that focuses on all dimensions of service-learning, covering kindergarten through higher education, school-based as well as community based initiatives.

National Student Campaign Against Hunger And Homelessness
http://www.studentsagainsthunger.org
NSCAHH works with a coalition of students and community members to end hunger and homelessness through education, service and action. It’s the largest student network fighting hunger and homelessness in the country.

Oxfam Resources
http://www.oxfamamerica.org
Provides information on educational games, classroom activities, event ideas, videos and links to online resources about hunger and grassroots development around the world.

Moral Dilemmas - Right vs Right
http://www.globalethics.org/dilemmas/
A whole collection of juicy ethical dilemmas for your students to gnaw on.

Learning To Give (K-12)
http://learningtogive.org/
Teaching the importance of voluntary action for the common good in a democratic society. Lesson plans, lesson plans, and much much more.

P4C Sites

Children Thinking
Childrenthinking was set up by practising teachers in order to provide support and training in the area of Philosophy with Children

Dialogue Works
Training in critical thinking and creative dialogue

Northern Wisdom
A network that provides guidance and support for communities to engage in thoughtful dialogue, to question assumptions, make wise judgements and feel more positive about learning

NRAIS
An education and training project that operates in many of the areas of Northumberland

Philosophy in Schools - Learning and Teaching Scotland
This site looks at how P4C relates to education for citizenship, where you can go to find out more and offer some examples of good practice.

Thinking for Learning Unit - Northumberland
Thinking for Learning is an umbrella term that includes recent influences promoting conscious and active thinking about the learning process. Currently, these include Thinking Skills, Accelerated Learning and Philosophy for Children.

Philosophy in Schools

A Level Philosophy
A Level Philosophy (ALP) provides conferences on philosophy and religious studies for Years 12 and 13. ALP hosts conferences for students and and INSET days for teachers, and also organizes talks and conferences in schools.

Cognitive Education Centre
New ‘Thinking Schools’

Interactive Philosophy

Manorbier VCP School’s Interactive Philosophy Site.

Kingsbrook School
Website managed by students at

Kingsbrook School about how they have used P4C.

North Lakes School Cumbria
Topic pages and information about P4C in this communityprimary school

Taylor Primary School, Canberra, Australia
A very clear, and informative sight showing how an Australian primary school uses P4C

Tuckswood First School
P4C School Policy, and ideas for classroom practice

International P4C Links

Federation of Australasian Philosophy in Schools AssociationsIAPC
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children -Montclair University, USA

ICPIC
International Council of Philosophical Inquiry with Children

International Philosophy Olympiads
The International Philosophy Olympiads (IPO) is a competition for high-school pupils

Journal 100 European Children Think Together
Children from ten countries in Europe write together in one journal.

Menon Project Website
MENON is a Comenius - project of 11 European partners which aims to encourage teachers’ professional growth by developing their dialogical sensitivity and skills through philosophical enquiry.

Mexico Link - Ulverston Victoria High School
A link betweenUlverston Victoria High School (in Cumbria England) and Secundaria Tecnica #44 Francisco Villa (Mexico City).

Northwest Center for Philosophy for Children
A non-profit organization that brings philosophy into the lives of young people with a particular emphasis on reaching children who are at risk and educationally disadvantaged -Washington, USA

Philosophy for Children Association of New Zealand (P4CNZ)
Site of the co-ordinating body of P4C in New Zealand with lesson plans, resources, newsletter etc.

Philosophy for Kids
This is a US website for materials to use in doing P4C

Philosophy Slam
The Mission of the Kids Philosophy Slam is to give kids a voice and to inspire kids to think by unlocking their intellectual and creative potential through a unique and powerful philosophical forum.

SOPHIA
European Foundation for the Advancement of Doing Philosophy with Children. SOPHIA is an open, cooperative organization for all European teachers, teacher educators and philosophers working in the field of doing philosophy with children.

The Society for Philosophical Inquiry
A global grassroots nonprofit organization devoted to supporting philosophical inquirers of all ages and walks of life.

SAPERE Trainers’ Websites

Dr Catherine McCall
Website of Dr Catherine McCall - the Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Strathclyde

JNPartnership
Website of James Nottingham, Director of NRAIS with three main themes: Effective Thinking, Leadership and Shared Vision.

Still Thinking
The website of Barry Hymer - a freelance consultant, teacher, chartered psychologist, researcher and summer school organiser.

Teaching Thinking
The homepage of Robert Fisher - teacher, writer and researcher on teaching thinking, learning and creativity

Thinking Education
The website of Will Ord - education that puts thinking & communication skills, reflective practice, and the ‘community of learners’ at the heart of learning and teaching.

P4C & the Environment

ECODIALOGO
The objective of ECODIALOGO is to strengthen environmental education in primary school by means of philosophical reflection.

Philosophy - general

Ask Philosophers
This site puts the talents and knowledge of philosophers at the service of the general public.

EPhilosopher
EPhilosopher is a web community dedicated to philosophical thinking.

Episteme Links
This section provides a database of over 1600 links to electronic texts by famous philosophers throughout history

International Society for Philosophers
A network committed to teach philosophy to everyone.

Pathways to Philosophy
A distance learning program in Philosophy

Philosopher’s Tea Party
Interactive site with stories and “discussion tables”

Philosophers Net
The Philosopher’s Magazine

Philosophy Now
Website of the news-stand magazine for everyone interested in ideas

Society for Philosophical Inquiry
The Society for Philosophical Inquiry (SPI) is a grassroots nonprofit organization devoted to supporting philosophical inquirers of all ages and walks of life.

Squashed Philosophers
In their own words… but condensed and abridged into something like readable!!

The Royal Institute of Philosophy
The Royal Institute of Philosophy, founded in 1925, aims to promote the study and discussion of philosophy and original work through its journals Philosophy and Think and by arranging and sponsoring programmes of lectures and conferences.

The SOPHIA Project
Aims to provide the newcomer to the field of philosophy with the assistance that he or she needs to read great philosophical works

Research in P4C

Database on the Teaching of Philosophy
A project entitled “Computerized Resources to subsidize the research in philosophy of education