Philosophy of Education Research Seminars 2025-26
5pm to 6.30pm Room 422, School of Education, University of Birmingham. All welcome
Wednesday 15 October
What Searle’s Chinese room can teach us about ethics education
Aline Nardo, University of Edinburgh
Wednesday 26 November
A model for multicultural character education: reconstructing the understanding of virtue
Yun-Chieh (Catherine) Lu, University of Birmingham
Wednesday 21 January
Philosophy of music education: towards an account of aesthetic self-formation
Francesca Marcone, University of Genoa
Wednesday 18 February
Constructivism, the moral/conventional distinction, and early childhood moral development
Daniel Vanello, UCL Institute of Education
Wednesday 18 March
From icon to portrait: self-knowledge, Bildung and the education of the self
Noemi Bartolucci, UCL Institute of Education
Wednesday 29 April
The importance of feeling for knowing
Kathleen Murphy-Hollies, University of Birmingham
Wednesday 20 May
The role of pedagogical innovation in advancing character education in primary schools
Rianna Yafai, University of Birmingham
Wednesday 17 June
What does thinking critically actually mean?
Gerry Dunne, Marino Institute of Education, Dublin
For further information please contact Michael Hand at m.hand@bham.ac.uk