Sharing Space with Other Animals: Early Childhood Education, Engaged Philosophical Inquiry, and Sustainability

Authors

  • Warren Bowen
  • Margaret MacDonald

Abstract

Collaborative research between UniverCity Child Care at Simon Fraser University and a philosopher in residence has yielded promising research in an understudied interdisciplinary undertaking: early childhood education, engaged philosophical inquiry, and sustainability. The goal of our work has been to better understand how Engaged Philosophical Inquiry (EPI) can be used with young children (age 4 and 5) on topics related to our local forest environment as part our centre's foundation curriculum on sustainability (MacDonald, 2015). Our guiding research questions include: What are children's beliefs, ideas and concepts related to sustainability? And, how can we contribute to children (and adults) deeper understandings of sustainability by challenging our human centric thinking?

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Published

02/08/2018

How to Cite

Bowen, W., & MacDonald, M. (2018). Sharing Space with Other Animals: Early Childhood Education, Engaged Philosophical Inquiry, and Sustainability. Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis, 37(1), 20–29. Retrieved from https://journal.viterbo.edu/index.php/atpp/article/view/1145

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 1 (2016)

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