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EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY
The Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education is located in the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s College of Arts & Humanities and supports research and education related to the preparation, support, and sustaining of educators, researchers and students who are developing intellectually safe communities of philosophical inquiry in their classrooms and schools. The Uehiro Academy serves students and teachers from Hawaiʻi, the U.S., Japan, and other international locations.
WHAT WE DO
p4c Hawai‘i is an innovative approach to education that is transforming the schooling experience by engaging people in the activity of philosophy. p4c Hawai’i is dedicated to preparing, supporting and sustaining educators, researchers and students who engage or are interested in engaging in p4c worldwide. Additionally, the academy supports research and education for the development of intellectually safe communities of philosophical inquiry in our classrooms and schools.
UHM Undergraduate
"Are we killing kids' imaginations? How different would the world be if none of us lost our sense of imagination?"
10th Grader
"What are the reasons people think they need to live up to their stereotypes to identify as their ethnicity?"
Kindergartener
"If dinosaurs and dragons lived with us, would that be a good idea or bad idea?"