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Inequalities in language learning: What are they and how can we fix them?

Education research: Northern Ireland

Young people in the UK are less likely to study a language in upper secondary school than their European peers, and not just because they already speak English (European Commission, 2017). In...

How should we prepare UK business students to become digital ready business leaders?

The background The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation of business processes across different sectors. This is because when businesses were forced to operate predominately...

Educators learning through communities of philosophical enquiry

‘Community’ is suggestive of collectivism and plurality, while ‘enquiry’ evokes processes of exploration led by pressing questions or concerns. Combining these concepts and practices is at...

Shutting up to promote children’s and young people’s voice

Educators learning through communities of philosophical enquiry

The thing that captured my interest as a reluctant student teacher was the 1991 BBC film The Transformers, which showed children doing philosophy. This wasn’t academic philosophy. Rather than...

What are we saying when we say we listen to children’s voices?

Educators learning through communities of philosophical enquiry

Listening to children is commonly associated with improving educational environments. Many educators believe that granting children more opportunities to express their voices can promote...

Racism and discomfort in the community of philosophical enquiry: Darren Chetty in conversation with Joanna Haynes

Educators learning through communities of philosophical enquiry

Darren Chetty has written a number of articles relating to Philosophy for Children, racism and multiculturalism. The Dwelling Together film referred to in this interview shows him facilitating...

Community of enquiry, ethics education and the tensile teacher

Educators learning through communities of philosophical enquiry

Among their many responsibilities, teachers are ethics educators. This role requires significant tensile strength because when teachers take it on, they feel pulled in two directions at...

What about place? Education, identity and ecological justice

Educators learning through communities of philosophical enquiry

Education plays a primary role in identity formation, including the process of national-identity building, which is reflected in education policies, national curricula and teaching practices. In...

Price and prize in the community of philosophical enquiry

Educators learning through communities of philosophical enquiry

Community of philosophical enquiry (CPE) methodology is usually associated with Philosophy for Children (P4C) in schools, although it is used also in a variety of informal, non-formal and (other)...

Collaborative questioning: The heart of making enquiry in community?

Educators learning through communities of philosophical enquiry

Usually during academic conferences and seminars, the form of the one-to-one exchange, between ‘presenter’ and ‘participants’, reproduces a certain politics of the academic conversation:...

Editorial: Educators learning through communities of philosophical enquiry

Educators learning through communities of philosophical enquiry

‘Community’ is suggestive of collectivism and plurality, while ‘enquiry’ evokes processes of exploration led by pressing questions or concerns. Combining these concepts and practices is at...

Dilemma and tensions of Englishes in educational settings: What can English teachers do to advocate multilingual justice?

The critique against native speakerism, the belief that the English language is the property of native English speakers so that any teaching, learning, speaking, and anything associated with...