July 2019

Thinking well: Educating 21st Century Learners.
Panel (left to right): Dr Laura D’Olimpio, Dr Tim Dean, Nic Zumaran, Prof Renee Kohler-Ryan, Justin Limb.

What should educators be doing to prepare the next generation of societal contributors?

• Dr Laura D’Olimpio, Philosopher – University of Birmingham

• Dr Tim Dean, Philosopher and Public Commentator

• Prof Renee Kohler-Ryan, Dean School of Philosophy and Theology, Sydney

• Justin Limb, educator Carey Baptist College

Further discussion

• Rigour, self-knowledge and healthy scepticism

• To what degree should we seek certainty?

• Thinking through certainty

• What are some practical changes we can make to the education system?

• Is critical thinking the pre-eminent goal of education or one among many important goals? What other goals matter?

• Should philosophy and ethics be compulsory in schools?

• Feeling or thinking?

• What are the limits of interrogation?

• Feeling or thinking? Part II – a challenge to the panel

• What are the benefits of acquiring skills of philosophical thinking?