Year 10 Subject Guide 2020

PHILOSOPHY

Year 10 MYP

Subject Outline Philosophy provides opportunities for students to investigate philosophical ideas that have shaped and continue to influence contemporary society, including what it means to be human, how we understand the role of reason in our individual and collective lives and how we think about and care for each other and the world around us. Students recognise the relevance of various philosophies to different political, ethical, religious and scientific positions. Students learn to understand and use reasoning to examine and analyse classical and contemporary ideas and issues, make rational arguments, espouse viewpoints and engage in informed discourse. They analyse arguments from a variety of sources and contexts, formalise arguments and choose appropriate techniques of reasoning to solve problems. Students develop skills essential to informed participation in the 21st century, such as analysis, evaluation and justification, and an appreciation of the values of inquiry such as precision, accuracy, clarity and credibility, and collaboration and communication.

Pathways Philosophy articulates to the following Year 11 and 12 QCCA Senior Programme or the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Year 11 2019:  As part of the Queensland Certificate of Education: - Philosophy and Reason Why study this subject Students will develop as curious and intellectual thinkers, reasoned and purposeful arguers, balanced critical analysts and become confident in applying philosophical thinking to global challenges. For students, the course does not focus on learning what philosophers said, but rather it is about developing skills so students can ‘philosophise’. Therefore, the course is designed to help students become philosophers. MYP Objectives The aims of the teaching of Philosophy are to encourage and enable students to:  appreciate human and environmental commonalities and diversity  understand the interactions and interdependence of individuals, societies and the environment  understand how both environmental and human systems operate and evolve  identify and develop concern for the well-being of human communities and the natural environment  act as responsible citizens of local and global communities  develop inquiry skills that lead towards conceptual understandings of the relationships between individuals, societies and the environments in which they live.  As part of the IB Diploma Programme: - Philosophy

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