Oyler, Joe Interview August 2019
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Description
In this 2019 interview, Dr. Joe Oyler reflects on his professional trajectory from doctoral research in dialogic teaching and philosophy for children to a faculty position at Maynooth University in Ireland. He describes the formative influence of sustained work with teachers, school partnerships, and the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children community, alongside the tensions between administrative responsibilities and a desire to pursue classroom-based research. The interview traces Oyler’s decision to leave the United States academic context, the opportunities presented by Ireland’s evolving educational landscape, and the emergence of philosophy as a sanctioned subject within secondary education. Central themes include dialogic pedagogy, inclusivity, open-ended inquiry, and the role of the teacher as facilitator rather than authoritative expert. Oyler articulates cautious optimism about embedding philosophy for children values within Irish teacher education and professional development, while remaining sensitive to issues of authority and advocacy as an academic outsider. The latter part of the interview focuses on Oyler’s research agenda, particularly the challenge of empirically identifying what is distinctive about philosophical inquiry as compared with other forms of critical and dialogic thinking. He outlines an ambitious vision for mapping conceptions of philosophy across pre-college programs and developing empirical measures of philosophical quality in educational practice.
Publication Date
2019
Document Type
Interview
Publisher
The Bat of Minerva
City
Mineappolis
Keywords
education, educational research, philosophy for children, IAPC, teacher education, dialogic pedagogy
Disciplines
Education | Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Oyler, Joe and Shea, Peter, "Oyler, Joe Interview August 2019" (2019). All IAPC Oral Histories. 21.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_oral_histories/21
Comments
This interview first aired on Shea’s cable television program The Bat of Minerva in Minneapolis, Minnesota.