Learning and Teaching Philosophy in Australia
Forward Thinking: Teaching & Learning Philosophy in Australian Universities is funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council via a Discipline-Based Initiative Grant. The project is also suppported by the Australasian Association of Philosophy.
The principal aim of the project was to record the state of tertiary teaching of philosophy in Australia and to provide benchmarking data on philosophy at the following levels: the teaching academics, the structure and composition of the philosophy major, and the teaching of philosophy from first year or “service” units/ subjects, through the Honours year and into postgraduate study. A further aim of the project was to continue to build networks of those philosophers interested in strategies for enhancing the curriculum and in enhancing their teaching practice. It is anticipated that this information will be used (by Heads or discipline conveners an others) in the benchmarking and planning of their own program, as well as by the profession for sharing elements/cases of best practice.
Project deliveriables include:
- A series of reports including the Final Report and Summary Reports on key issues.
- These reports are supported by a series of datasets.
- A series of case studies on innovative practices, including summaries of issues raised at Round Table Discussions and ALTC citation winners in philosophy.
| Lead Institution | Flinders University |
| Partner Institutions | Macquarie University |
| University of New South Wales | |
| University of Tasmania | |
| Australasian Association of Philosophy |
