Association for Philosophy in Schools (WA)

You are invited to The APIS Annual General Meeting

Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 5:30pm.
Venue Executive Briefing Centre
Building 100, Chancellery, Curtin University, Bentley.

GUEST SPEAKER - Dr Annette Pedersen

Coordinator, Gifted and Talented Programme (Magis), John XXIII College
‘The classroom as a site for praxis’
Dr Pedersen will discuss how philosophy fits into the honoured Jesuit tradition at John XXlll, where ‘Seek Justice’ is the school motto.

Light refreshments and drinks provided

2011 VAPS conference: “Dare to Think: Philosophy in Schools”
Friday 3 – 5 June 2011
Venues:
Friday 3 June: 5pm Cocktail party in the Melbourne Museum’s ‘Mind/Body Gallery’
Saturday 4 June and Sunday 5 June: Centre for Theology & Ministry‎, 29 College Crescent (between Ormond College and St Hilda’s College), Parkville VIC.

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APISWA Association for Philosophy in Schools (WA)

Level 1 Teaching Philosophy (National Accreditation)

Day 1: Friday 1 April 2011
Day 2: Saturday 28 May 2011

Description: Two-day event, with two morning and two afternoon workshops each day, covering the principles and methods of teaching philosophy through the Community of Inquiry.

Venue: Moerlina School, 16 Brockway Road, Mount Claremont, 6010

Cost: $400.00 per person (2 full days – 8 workshops)
Cost includes printed manual, lunch and morning and afternoon teas.

Annual Ethics Lecture - Presented by Professor David Keller

From Wildlife Management to Moral Philosophy: Aldo Leopold and the Foundation of Modern Environmentalism.
Supported by the Centre for Applied Ethics and Philosophy and Ethics, Equity and Social Justice.

Date: Thursday 25 November 2010

Time and Venue:

Building 200 Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley
5.15pm - Refreshments in the John Curtin Gallery Foyer
6.00pm - Lecture commences in the BankWest Lecture Theatre

Register: events [at] curtin [dot] edu [dot] au or 08 9266 2563 by Tuesday 23 November. RSVP is essential.

The speaker: David R. Keller is Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethics, and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Utah Valley University in the United States.

PHILOSOPHY IN SCHOOLS

You are invited to

The APIS Annual General Meeting

GUEST SPEAKER:

Professor Philip Cam
School of History and Philosophy
University of New South Wales

Venue: Executive Briefing Centre
Building 100, Chancellery, Curtin University, Bentley.

When: 5.15 pm, Wednesday, 1 December 2010.

Lights refreshments and drinks provided.

For more information email Alan Tapper (a [dot] tapper [at] curtin [dot] edu [dot] au).

Please note: Members need to be financial in order to vote at the AGM. We will collect fees before the meeting ($20 for students, $35 for non-students).