Allen, Terry L. Interview 6 May 2025
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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
Recommended Citation
Allen, Terry, "Allen, Terry L. Interview 6 May 2025" (2025). IAPC Oral Histories. 8.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_oral_histories/8