Book PHILOSOPHY UNLEASHED Sessions for Schools

Or book DaN McKee as a guest speaker for your school

NOW BOOKING FOR 2022/23 ACADEMIC YEAR

Dr. DaN McKee

is an experienced educator who has taught Philosophy and Religious Studies in UK secondary schools since 2010. He holds a PhD, MA and BA in Philosophy and has a passion for combining anarchist pedagogy and improvisation with rich subject knowledge to give students the opportunity to explore Philosophy in a way that’s relevant to their everyday lives, seeing how philosophical ideas can be applied beyond the limits of exam specifications and planned subject curriculums to enhance independent thinking, develop evaluative skills and encourage collaborative problem-solving.

He is now offering schools his unique services to bring PHILOSOPHY UNLEASHED sessions into their classrooms or visit schools as a guest speaker to talk about anarchism, philosophy of education, ethics, political theory, theology, or any of the topics on the AQA Philosophy A-level.

For Philosophy Unleashed sessions, DaN can run a whole-morning, whole-afternoon, or whole-day session for student groups in any secondary Key Stage (3,4 or 5), developing a unique experience for each group based on initial student suggestions. Students can be currently studying Philosophy or have no experience of doing any Philosophy at all.

Although the emphasis will always be on doing Philosophy for its own sake and structuring an enjoyable experience independent of any examination needs or syllabus requirements, by further developing the skills and methods of philosophical inquiry students will find themselves better equipped to reach for the higher grades in AO2 questions in both A-level Philosophy and Religious Studies, as well as GCSE RS, whether this is their current programme of study, or something they will be studying in the future. The hope is that by unleashing their philosophical abilities in a way that is fun and thought-provoking, philosophical thinking can become normalised both beyond the curriculum and as part of it.

If inviting DaN as a guest speaker the talk will be aimed at stimulating thinking beyond the exam specification or highlighting areas of Philosophy they may not have encountered before. Previous talks include:

  • The Possibilities of Anarchism

  • The Punk Art of Failure: Queer Theory and Alternative Epistemologies

  • The Right to Kill But Not to Question: Ethics and Operational Efficiency in the Military

  • What’s Wrong With Exams: A Conceptual and Moral Problem

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For guest speaker sessions, simply explain your specific needs and we can come to a reasonable arrangement.

Philosophy Unleashed sessions are 3 hours long and can either be:

MORNING (any 3 hours between 9am and 1pm), AFTERNOON (any 3 hours between 12pm and 4pm), or ALL DAY (6 hours at a time of your convenience).

Costs vary based on distance travelled, etc. and are negotiable, but are usually between £200-£400 a session.

Philosophy Unleashed sessions work best with smaller student groups (class-size rather than whole year groups) and the session can be broken up between multiple classes or focus on one specific class for the whole time depending on your specific needs.

To make a booking enquiry, please use the form below.