Allen, Terry L. Interview 6 May 2025

Allen, Terry L. Interview 6 May 2025

Authors

Terry Allen

Files

Download Allen (1988) Doing Philosophy With Children.pdf (768 KB)

Download Allen 1988 Think, Therefore I Can Attribution and Philosophy for Children.pdf (746 KB)

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Description

In this IAPC Oral History interview, veteran teacher Terry L. Allen tells about learning philosophy for children from a class he took from Dale Cannon at the University of Washington in Oregon while teaching school in Salem, Oregon (see attached articles). He describes his masters and doctoral degrees in philosophy for children at Montclair State University – including his memories of Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp, and David Kennedy – culminating in his doctoral dissertation, Exploring Worldview Perspectives with 8th Grade Students: Criteria-Mapping as a Method of Value Disclosure and Worldview Discovery.Allen discusses his 32 teaching at Eastern Christian Middle School in Wyckoff, New Jersey, where he practices a “Pedagogy of Asking,” to engage young people in philosophical dialogue in a community of inquiry to work out their own beliefs and values.

Publication Date

2025

Document Type

Interview

Publisher

Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children

City

Montclair

Keywords

community of inquiry, education, pedagogy, philosophy for children, religious education, values education

Disciplines

Education | Philosophy

Allen, Terry L. Interview 6 May 2025

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