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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Richard,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I'm in the process of typing up the
logic and reason activities I am doing with my year 11s so I can post for anyone
interested. Look for it early next week.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Emmanuel</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Hi everyone.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>I like the fireplace aphorism Greg! I don't suppose you have a
handout or any such thing with your historical comparisons... ;-) I'm on
the scrounge for whatever I can get and post!! </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Jean, I've got a copy of both
Philosophy Files and Philosophy Gym - the Files comes across as pretty heavily
dumbed down, which I doubt will wash well with my 11's, and much of it is
repeated (in a more palatable form) in the Gym book. I've just used the
Utilitarian chapter as the basis for some notes (containing a few scenarios
about conjoint twins etc.) that I just gave to my class. Once I've
finished typing them up I'll post them on the website in case they may be of
use to anyone else (www.fhs.vic.edu.au/philosophy).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>What sort of activities (if any) are
you using with your logic stuff Emmanuel?</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Richard</FONT> </P>
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<P><FONT size=2>From: Maiser@novell2.fhc.vic.edu.au on behalf of
GreyRuin</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Sent: Thu 5/02/2004 11:31 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>To: Philosophy Teachers' Mailing List</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Subject:
Re: It starts...</FONT> </P><BR><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>I am also new to Philosophy after 20 years in IT and Science.
I like the</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>ethics question on hamburger vs brain-dead
children. I have swanned in at</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>the historical endby
comparing the ethical systems of Socrates, Plato and</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Arisotle. They are doing their first journal question on the
difference</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>between morality, ethics and law, after a
fairly one-sided classroom</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>discussion. (My most
regular contributors to discussion are a Seventh Day</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Adventist who is looking for reasons to leave the church and a</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>self-confessed Warlock who firmly believes that Druids knew
it all.) Looks</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>like an interesting change from "hard"
science and engineering. We might</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>even have fun
here.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Like any newbie, though, I will need some serious ideas on how
to keep the</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>fire burning without setting the
mantlepiece alight.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Cheers</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Greg Durkin</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Hi all,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Good to hear from some of you.
I've started unit 1 with my class with logic and reasoning skills. It's a
little bit of downer from the expectations they were imagining. But we are
getting through the work without too much fuss with lots of exercises on
letters to the editor and group self assessment and discussion.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Emmanuel</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2> Voices at last!! Like you Richard I started in a fairly
conservative manner. Went through a bit of Creel's book explaining the
interconnectedness of the 3 philosophies, followed by the CD sheet. Now
starting on Meaning and Definition & then about to launch into Descartes -
which is thier first journal article. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>I am having difficulty getting the book Philosopher's Gym
which I am sure is going to revolutionize my teaching. Any clues?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Jean </FONT></P><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>