Philosophy Camps for Youth
Everything You Wanted to Know about Starting, Organizing, and Running a Philosophy Camp
Thomas E Wartenberg editor Claire Elise Katz editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
Published:17th Feb '21
Should be back in stock very soon
Philosophy Camps for Youth joins its companion, Growing Up with Philosophy Camp, and contributes to the growing body of literature on pre-college philosophy. Providing sound advice, descriptive activities, and precise details for starting, organizing, and running a philosophy camp for pre-K-12 students, Philosophy Camps for Youth is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in hosting their own philosophy camp. The description of diverse camp models—from half day to full day, from one week to multiple weeks, from day-camp to residential—allows readers to build and foster a camp that fits their instructional needs and institutional support. The inclusion of specific camp activities and contributions by campers discussing the activities and themes that had the biggest impact on them, those interested in starting a philosophy camp get valuable guidance from those who have run successful philosophy camps.
Philosophy Camps for Youth is a terrific addition to the rapidly growing and much-needed body of literature dedicated to bringing philosophy to young people. A companion to Claire Katz's edited collection, Growing Up With Philosophy Camp—itself an invaluable account of the power of philosophy to change lives and minds for the better—Philosophy Camps for Youth is a compelling blend of nuts and bolts guidance for anyone wanting to start up a philosophy camp, and reflections from mentors, campers, and parents on the indelible experience of participating in such a camp. From funding to legal issues to lesson plans and more, Philosophy Camps for Youth will provide the reader keen on starting up a summer philosophy camp—or adding a philosophy element to an existing camp—with tips and invaluable insights based on experience for doing so effectively. But more profoundly, Philosophy Camps for Youth, together with Growing Up with Philosophy Camp, provide abundant evidence that the project of philosophy, of bringing together wonder, creativity and rigor, has the power to feed a human mind, build community, and cement relationships.
-- Karen Detlefsen, Professor of Philosophy and Education and Founding director of Penn's Project for Philosophy for the Young, department of philosophy, University of PennsylvISBN: 9781475859461
Dimensions: 218mm x 155mm x 13mm
Weight: 340g
216 pages