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lauradol4.bsky.social
My book, The Necessity of Aesthetic #Education, is now available as an affordable paperback!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/necessity...

#philsky #edusky #philofed #artsed #artsky
January 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
Look what arrived!!!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#philsky #philofed #philosophy #education #teachersky #academicsky
October 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
lauradol4.bsky.social
@kmurphyhollies.bsky.social presenting her paper today on the importance of feeling for knowing. For @pesgb.bsky.social Birmingham branch #philofed #philsky #edusky
April 29, 2026 at 10:46 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
Now @michaelhand.bsky.social presenting on 'moral formation and moral inquiry in the early years' for our day exploring values in early years education #philsky #academicsky #edusky #philofed
March 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
Looking forward to this! Sophie-Grace Chappell on Can epiphanies be taught? For @pesgb.bsky.social distinguished lecture series #philofed #philsky #edusky #academicsky
October 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
@michaelhand.bsky.social keynote for #PESAConference2024 today on #education, extremism, and exemption from basic morality #philofed #philsky #edusky
December 5, 2024 at 8:56 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
Hume: 'it was a most unreasonable fancy that we should exist for ever'....
James MacAllister exploring whether we should have an education about death, illness, fragility.... #philsky #academicsky #philofed #education #art #Hume
May 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
rebeccataylor.bsky.social
Book 75: Simone Weil’s The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind

Re-reading this philosophical gem as I ponder my submission to the 2026 @philosophyofed.bsky.social conference.

#philsky #booksky #bookchallenge #academicsky #philofed #edusky
June 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
Our webinar on #philosophy in the #classroom is available now! Check it out: youtu.be/Q4XGl_gTyqw with @lisabortolotti.bsky.social @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social @htaylorphil.bsky.social & me! #philosophymatters #philsky #edusky #teaching #philofed #P4C
Philosophy in the Classroom
YouTube video by The Philosophy Garden
youtu.be
March 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
Very pleased to announce the publication of the 2nd special issue #openaccess #Journal of #Philosophy in Schools on #Literature & #philosophy in schools. Check out 6 original articles from all over the world, 2 book reviews & #Editorial
#philofed #philsky #academicsky
jps.bham.ac.uk/23/volume/12...
Literature and philosophy in schools | Journal of Philosophy in Schools
jps.bham.ac.uk
July 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
lauradol4.bsky.social
The 60th anniversary of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain is being celebrated with a conference in Oxford, opened by Yuriko Saito, & her talk 'the role of aesthetic education in everyday life' #philsky #academicsky #philofed #education #art #philosophymatters
March 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
A new issue of the #openaccess #journal of #philosophy in #schools is out now!
Check it out:
jps.bham.ac.uk/24/volume/12...

#philsky #edusky #philofed #p4c #schools #teaching #teachersky
Volume 12 - Issue 2 - 2025 | Journal of Philosophy in Schools
jps.bham.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 6:13 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
Just back from my first visit to Hong Kong! I delivered a talk on #Education for #flourishing must include the #arts @ Education University HK #philsky #edusky #philofed
June 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
Now Johannes Drerup presenting on 'Teaching Progress? On the role of history in democratic #education' for PESGB's 60th anniversary conference #philosophymatters #philsky #academicsky #philofed #edusky
March 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
lauradol4.bsky.social
James MacAllister presenting now on artful education & the downward journey: what can death teach about love? #philsky #philofed #edusky #academicsky #art #education @pesgb.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
A wonderful turn out and really interesting discussion for my first ever IOE talk at UCL! Discussing whether artworks should ever be censored in schools, & examples when aesthetics & ethics clash #philofed #arts #philsky #academicsky @pesgb.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
The legend that is Randy Curren has updated the SEP entry on #Philosophy of #Education.... and I'm cited in relation to #aesthetic education! I've made it, baby! A great, comprehensive overview: plato.stanford.edu/entries/educ... #philofed #academicsky #philsky
Philosophy of Education (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
plato.stanford.edu
February 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
So nice to be back in the ABC Studio... this time I'm the one being interviewed! My episode on aesthetic education will air in the new year on Radio National's Philosopher's Zone with David Rutledge. And.... what a view overlooking Brizzy!! #philsky #academicsky #philofed #media #Brisbane #Australia
December 17, 2024 at 3:28 AM
lauradol4.bsky.social
Our final keynote for the 60th #conference of the #Philosophy of #Education Society of Great Britain is the one, the only, Jim Conroy, speaking about the appetites of education and reflecting on #philofed over the past 60 years #philosophymatters #philsky #academicsky
March 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
lauradol4.bsky.social
It's our #philosophy of #education special anniversary panel, fostering inter-generational discussion, looking back & forward, with Ka Ya Lee, Doret de Ruyter, Drew Chambers, Paul Standish & Rowena Azada-Palacios #philosophymatters #philsky #academicsky #philofed
March 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
Is AI making us stupider? On critical thinking skills & AI. For The Conversation, by Deb Brown & Peter Ellerton #philsky #academicsky #edusky #philofed #teachersky #criticalthinking

theconversation.com/is-ai-making...
Is AI making us stupider? Maybe, according to one of the world’s biggest AI companies
But there are easy steps everybody can take to strengthen their critical thinking skills.
theconversation.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
lauradol4.bsky.social
Great to hear all these interesting ideas... I want to write about what we learn (if anything) from rough heroes/unethical protagonists... and I'm also working on a defence of flourishing as education's ultimate aim #philsky #philofed
November 10, 2024 at 7:52 AM
lauradol4.bsky.social
Present Laura is hoping that past Laura prepared for tomorrow's seminar on character education and learning from protagonists in narrative artworks... 🤞#philsky #philofed
November 13, 2024 at 5:55 PM
lauradol4.bsky.social
Philosophy at school gives young people the tools to discuss difficult topics such as the Israel-Gaza war: my latest for The Conversation #philsky #philosophy #education #philofed #P4C #teachersky

theconversation.com/philosophy-a...
Philosophy at school gives young people the tools to discuss difficult topics such as the Israel-Gaza war
The subject of philosophy is specifically designed to promote critical thinking skills and teach people how to have difficult conversations about controversial issues.
theconversation.com
November 9, 2024 at 11:57 AM
lauradol4.bsky.social
21st March at IOE, UCL London, a free event (registration essential) Values #Education in the early years with @michaelhand.bsky.social & Christina Easton & Dominic Wyse & others
#philofed #Philsky #edusky #teachersky #academicsky

www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
Values education in the early years | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society
Explore the meaning of values education in the context of early years education and care from a range of speakers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM