VAPS Conference

VAPS will host its bienniel conference in 2023 after a successful online-only conference in 2021.

The theme for this year's conference is

Educating for Capabilities: Critical & Creative Thinking, Ethical, Intercultural, Personal, & Social

The conference will have streams focussing on the pedagogy around philosophy in schools, curriculum connections through the capabilities, and a VCE Philosophy stream with a particular emphasis on the new study design for 2024.

We are honoured to have two eminent keynote speakers in the field:

Megan Laverty is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. her primary research interests are philosophy of education, moral philosophy, and philosophy with children and adolescents.

Edwige Chirouter is a Professor in Philosophy and Educational Sciences whose research focuses on philosophy for children and children's literature. She holds the UNESCO Chair: Practices of Philosophy with Children: An Educational Basis for Intercultural Dialogue and Social Transformation.

We are putting out a Call for Presenters to submit proposals to present at the conference:

Tickets for the conference can be purchased here: