Editor's Notes


ANALYTIC TEACHING AND PHILOSOPHICAL PRAXIS Volume 37, Issue 1 (2016) 

 

Editor’s Notes 
 

The six articles that make up the current issue of 
volume 37 survey a range of issues, both practical and 
applied, germane to philosophy for children and the 
community of inquiry in particular.  

  
     Thematically, the six articles fall into two broad 
categories. The first three focus more on issues of 
application and outcomes, while the last three turn 
more to the conceptual underpinnings of communal 
inquiry.  The first article by Youssef, Campbell and 
Tangen takes a largely critical look at the results of PFC 
on 6th graders at an Australian elementary school. The 
contribution by MacDonald and Bowen “Sharing 
Space with other Animals,” along with that of Baker’s 
“Philosophy, Pedagogy and Personal Identity,” provide 
a largely positive assessment of the impact of communal 
inquiry on specific groups.  The submissions by Miller, 
Fletcher and Morehouse unpack the different resources 
that communal inquiry brings to the difficult problem 
of generating constructive agreement and 
disagreement, whether as a result of emotions, subtle 
inequalities, or the demanding character of civic life in 
a democracy.  

 
Together, the six articles raise not only serious 

concerns over some of the claims raised by advocates of 
PFC, but also probe the deeper implications of 
communal inquiry as a practice on our students, 
teachers, and civic institutions. 

 
     I hope the current volume finds you all doing well 
and engaged in a project you love… 
 
Pax et Bonum  

         
        Jason Howard                   

CHIEF EDITOR 

Jason J. Howard 

Viterbo University 

 

WEB PAGE MASTER 

Jason Skoog 

Viterbo University 

 

LAYOUT DESIGN ASSISTANT 

Jan Wellik 

Viterbo University 

 

EDITORIAL BOARD 

Susan Gardner 

Capilano University 

 

David Kennedy 

Montclair State University 

 

Nadia S. Kennedy 

Stony Brook University, SUNY 

 

Richard Morehouse, Emeritus 

Viterbo University 

 

Félix García Moriyón 

Center for Philosophy for Children, Madrid, Spain 

 

Joe Oyler 

Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children 

Montclair State University 

 

John Simpson 

University of Alberta 

 

Barbara Weber 

University of British Columbia 

 

 

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