Dr. Catherine C. McCall BA (Hons) MA TEFL MSc PhD FRSA – CV

Dr. Catherine C. McCall

The.Philosophy.Doctor@gmail.com

 

Director of EPIC [The European Philosophical Inquiry Centre]  “Thinking Solutions”

Author and Philosopher:    http://tcd.academia.edu/CatherineMcCall

President:  Stichting SOPHIA: The European Foundation for doing Philosophy with Children.  http://sophia.eu.org/

Management Consultant, Philosophical Inquiry Trainer, SAPERE Trainer

Board memberships

Founding Member (1985): ICPIC [the International Council for Philosophical Inquiry with Children] www.icpic.org/

President:  Stichting SOPHIA: The European Foundation for doing Philosophy with Children.  http://sophia.eu.org/

Fellow of the RSA

Member ICPIC Advisory Board: representing Europe and SOPHIA.

Advisory Board: “Philosophy of Management, formerly Reason in Practice”

http://www.managementphilosophers.com/Editorial%20Board.htm

Editorial Board: The Journal of Criticism

Education

1977  Moderatorship in Mental and Moral Science (BA Honours Philosophy), Trinity College, Dublin University, Ireland  1979 TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Postgraduate Certificate Kent University, England, UK 1980 MA in Philosophy, awarded by Cambridge University, England UK  1982 MSc in Applied Psychology, University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, Wales, UK.1985 PhD in Philosophy, Manchester University, England , UK.

USA Government Appointment

1985 –86        External Expert in Values and Character Education  for the Sate of New Jersey, USA Advising the State of New Jersey in Character and Values Education and judging educational programmes created to develop character and values in students from all the Education Authorities in New Jersey.

Grants, Fellowships & Honours

1980 Awarded the UK State Postgraduate Studentship (to study for a Masters of Science at UWIST) 1982 Won the Manchester University Postgraduate Scholarship, UK, to study for a PhD in Philosophy. (Competitive Scholarship for PhD study) 1984 Awarded the IAPC Postdoctoral Fellowship, USA. For post-doctoral studies in the Philosophical Underpinnings of the Philosophy for Children programmes at Montclair State College, NJ, USA. 1987 Awarded the NEH Professors’ Fellowship (The National Endowment for the Humanities), USA. For research into the Philosophy of Childhood at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, with  Prof. Gareth Matthews. 1991 Appointed  The Stevenson Lecturer in Citizenship  of Glasgow University, Scotland, UK1993  Fellow of the RSA  (The Royal Society for the Arts. est. 1795) – Direct appointment by the Committee.

Professional Theatre Work

1977   Carpenter, The Astoria Theatre London UK 1977   Sound Technician, The Astoria Theatre London UK 1977   Dayman Carpenter, The Piccadilly Theatre London UK 1978   Dayman Electrician, The Victoria Theatre London, UK 1978   Dayman Electrician, (City and Guilds qualified) The Shaftsbury Theatre, London, UK 1979   Deputy Technical Stage Manager, The Bromley Theatre, London, UK 1979   Assistant Director, The Bromley Theatre, London, UK 1979   Lighting Designer, Paris, France 1980 – 1981  Director of The Activists Theatre, The Royal Court Theatre, London, UK   (Director and Playwright)

 

University undergraduate and  postgraduate teaching, Professional Consultant.

Visiting Lecturer  Introduced Philosophy for children to the Eire  – University lecturers and teachers1986         Sorbonne University Paris, France Visiting Lecturer Designed and delivered Philosophy for children course to University lecturers.  1986  Technical University of Barcelona, Spain. Director International Residential Training Workshop  Introduced Philosophy for children to Catalonia . Designed and taught residential graduate training in Philosophy for children for: teachers , University Professors and politicians from France and Spain. Resulting in the establishment of  IREF – the Catalan Centre for Philosophy for children.  1985–1986   IAPC Montclair State College, NJ, USA  Visiting Professor Graduate course ‘Aesthetic Inquiry’  12 graduate credits.Designed and taught this advanced course for teachers training in philosophy for children.      1986 – 1987   University of South Carolina, USA  Adjunct Professor Graduate course ‘Metaphysical Inquiry ‘12 graduate credits.Designed and taught this advanced course for teachers training in philosophy for children.   1986 – 1987              Lynbrooke School district, Long Island, USA Philosophy for children Lecturer Ran the philosophy for children programme for all the schools in the Lynbrooke school district. Philosophy for children was mandated throughout the school district.Trained teachers in in-service courses.Wrote a new philosophy curriculum for gifted and talented children.    1987 – 1988                 Montclair State College, NJ, USA  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy Released  80 % time as The Assistant Director of the Institute for Critical Thinking Research on theory of Critical ThinkingCreated and taught undergraduate courses on Critical Thinking for    1) Science undergraduate students,    2) Basic Skills undergraduate studentsCreated and taught Faculty Development course for interdisciplinary University staff on:  ‘The Rhetoric of the Disciplines’.Taught undergraduate Logic in the Philosophy dept.Taught undergraduate Ethics in the Philosophy Dept.        1988 – 1990                 Montclair State College, NJ, USA  Visiting Professor, IAPC  Taught two 12-credit Graduate courses training teachers in philosophy for childrenDesigned and ran  a (Self financed)  two – year action research project on Philosophical Inquiry with young children, which was: Featured in the Star Ledger newspaper 1988 Filmed for PBS TV ‘The Eleventh Hour’ in 1988, Filmed by BBC documentary Socrates for Six year olds 1989 –1990 Broadcast internationally in UK, USA, Poland, Australia, The Netherlands, Canada, etc.  This BBC documentary is used in teacher training colleges internationally from 1990 and by SAPERE from 1993 onwards. ——————————————————————————————- 1990 Road Traffic Accident in Scotland, serious injuries, resuscitated. , 2 months in hospital, followed by 4 years of subsequent operations in the UK——————————————————————————————-  1991        University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK  The 1991 Stevenson Lecturer in Citizenship  Created and delivered a new M.Phil. Degree course in Philosophical InquiryWrote and delivered the 4 Stevenson Lectures (published by Glasgow University Press 1991)  1991-93    Jordanhill Teacher Training College/Strathclyde   University, Scotland, UK  Senior Lecturer (30%)  Director of the ‘Philosophical Inquiry in Values in Education project’Designed and taught courses for teachers   1993 – 2002              Glasgow University, Scotland, UK Senior Lecturer (90%)  Director of the Postgraduate Centre for Philosophical Inquiry  Wrote the M.Phil. Degree in Philosophical InquiryRan Department – hiring staff, office admin etc.Ran budgets – projects and coursesSupervised PhD students, 1992-2002Taught M.Phil. Students 1991-1998Directed community projects,Raised funds for community coursesOrganised conferences     Etc.  1993 – 1994        Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland  Visiting Professor Designed and taught Masters Degree Philosophical Inquiry course  1998                     IBM (UK) Ltd   Critical Thinking Consultant 2001 – 2010      Strathclyde University Centre for Lifelong Learning, Scotland, UK  Director 1) Strathclyde University Certificate of Professional Development in Community of Philosophical Inquiryhttp://www.strath.ac.uk/cll/cpd/copi/2) Strathclyde University Certificate of Professional Development in Community of Enquiry Methodology http://www.strath.ac.uk/cll/cpd/communityofenquirymethodology/  Created and taught: ‘Introducing Philosophical Inquiry’ credit course‘Continuing Philosophical Inquiry’ credit course‘Philosophical Inquiry into Plato’ credit course‘Philosophical Inquiry into Aristotle’ credit course‘Life, the Universe and Everything’ credit course‘Philosophical Inquiry into Communities of the Future’ credit course 2006    Malta University, Malta Visiting Lecturer  MA degree Designed and taught a Masters Degree Philosophy with children course. 2007     University of Iceland, Department of Philosophy, Rekyvic, Iceland Visiting Lecturer Presentation and seminars on:1) The underlying Neo-Kantian Philosophy of Nelson’s Socratic Method,2) The underlying Realist Philosophy of McCall’s Community of Philosophical Inquiry method3) The underlying Deweyan Philosophy of Lipman’s P4C method of philosophical dialogue. 2007 Continuing Education University of Iceland, Rekyvic, Iceland  Course Director Designed and taught training in Philosophy with Children for teachers and philosophers on: 1) the Guided Socratic Discussion method and 2) the Community of Enquiry method.  2007    Communities of the Future, South Carolina, USA  Dialogue Director  Directed dialogues on ‘Children Need Ideas’ for the 2nd Enlightenment Meeting.    2007    The Scottish Show 07 Director of The Design Inquiries  Directed a series of Philosophical Inquiries with Designers – published in The Scottish Show 07 2007 – 2010 Strathclyde University Postgraduate Certificate in Philosophy with Children  Visiting Lecturer  Designing and creating course materials and teaching postgraduates: Module One: Philosophy and Logic. This module provides students with an introduction to philosophy and the philosophical themes they are likely to encounter while facilitating philosophical dialogue. Course book for logic –McCall, C.(2008) ‘Logic is Magic’ Module Two: Participation in Practical Philosophy.  The second in the series of four modules.  It is during this module that the students will be participants in McCall’s Community of Philosophical Inquiry (COPI). .Module Three: Theory of Philosophy with Children This module introduces students to the theoretical assumptions and underpinnings of Philosophy with Children practices such as McCall’s  Community of Philosophical Inquiry, Lipman’s Philosophy for Children and Nelson’s Socratic Method.  Students will also be introduced to the idea of practical philosophy and its place within Scottish history and culture. Course book for Module Three: McCall, C. (2009)  ‘Transforming Thinking: PhilosophicalIinquiry in the Primary and Secondary Classroom’  Routledge, David Fulton. Module Four: Facilitating Philosophy with Children. This module is the culmination of the previous three modules.  It is during this module that the students are assessed on their abilities to facilitate philosophy sessions by putting into practice the knowledge they acquired in the previous three modulesCourse book for Module Three: McCall, C. (2009)  ‘Transforming Thinking: Philosophical Inquiry in the Primary and Secondary Classroom’  Routledge, David Fulton.

 

In-Service  Training for teachers, schools and Education Authorities,Etc.

1999   Philosophy for Teachers  Glasgow University Designed and taught courses in teaching philosophy in schools. 1999   Broughton High School –  teaching philosophy in schools1999   Braidfield High School –  teaching philosophy in schools  1999    Glasgow Adult Guidance Network                Glasgow Challenge – Philosophical Inquiry for adults 2002   Professional Development Unit   Faculty of Education            University of Strathclyde 2002   St. Patrick’s Primary School     In-service  Reasoning 2002   Kilbowie Primary School        In-service  Citizenship  courses 2002   St. Ninian’s Primary School   In-service  Citizenship  and reasoning  courses 2002   Glencryan School   In-service  Citizenship  and reasoning courses 2003   Pitcoudie Primary School    In-service Citizenship and reasoning courses 2003   Linnvale Primary School   In-service Citizenship and reasoning courses 2003 –2004   NRAIS Trainer’s Training Designed and delivered a national postgraduate level training for senior Philosophy for children Teacher Trainers in the Trainers Training course 2004   East Renfrewshire CouncilPhilosophy in schools  – philosophy day for pupils and staff  2004    Sunderland University Dept of Education           Consultancy on how to teach philosophy in schools

Philosophical Inquiry Community Projects    1990 – Present	* 1990     Established EPIC (the European Philosophical inquiry Centre)*1990     Introduced CoPI with 6 six-year olds Langbank Primary School – the first Philosophy with children project in the UK* 1991    EPIC Dialogues with Business Directors – the first Philosophy with business project in the UK * 1991     First International Philosophical Inquiry evening course at Glasgow University* 1992     EPIC ‘Empowerment through Philosophical Dialogue’ projects for mothers and children in Royston, Glasgow – the first Community Philosophy with parents children project in the UK* 1992     EPIC Scottish Business in the Community, workshops for business   Directors *1993     EPIC Adult Literacy CoPI project, Springburn, Glasgow – the first Philosophy with literacy project in the UK *1994     EPIC Mother and children CoPI project Possil Park Glasgow*1995     EPIC ‘Philosophy is fun’ project Castlemilk Glasgow – 4 primary schools, 3   adult groups *1995-97 PECA (Philosophy and Contemporary Art) EU project with Italy, Belgium, and      Spain. 2 groups Children 5 years old and 11 years old. *1996     EPIC Philosophical Dialogues with Prison Officers in Cornton Vale Prison 1997       EPIC  Dialogues with Artists – the first Philosophy with Artists project in the UK. Dialogues published as a book – Transmissions Gallery, Glasgow 1997       The Glasgow Conversations –  Dialogues with corporate directors 1998        Dialogues for Ayr Hospital surgeons, nurses, cleaners and admin staff  – the first Philosophy project with health care workers in the UK. 1998       Ethics Dialogues with Grampian Health Care Trust (3 hospitals)* 1999    Scottish National Dialogue project on the knowledge economy   (Scottish Enterprise)2000 -1   Strathclyde University Teacher Education courses * 1999 –2000   Children’s philosophy club – in community centre 2007       The Design Inquiries; CoPI with Designers for The Scottish Show 07,               Published in ‘ The Scottish Show 07, Editors Bell, L. and McEachan, L. The Lighthouse, UK 2007, ISBN 1-905061-12-9.* Featured in national newspapers, radio and TV
Newspaper, Radio and TV Features on Philosophical Inquiry	1988   The Star Ledger NJ USA 1988  USA PBS TVChannel 11 ‘The Eleventh Hour’  (20 minute feature) 1990   BBC 2   Socrates for Six year Olds   (1 hour documentary) 1990   The Glasgow Herald 1990   The Times 1990   BBC Radio Scotland 1991   The Scotsman 1991   BBC radio 4    ‘You and Yours ‘ 1991   The Independent 1991   The Herald 1992   Radio Scotland 1993   The Scotsman 1994   STV News 1995   STV Scottish Action      (20 minute feature) 1996   STV News 1996   The Telegraph 1996   The Guardian 1997   BBC News 1997   The Sun 1997   The Record 1998   The Times 1998   The Herald 1999   The Readers Digest 2005   STV News 2005   BBC Newsnight            (20 minute feature) 2005   The TESS 2005   BBC Radio Scotland 2006   The TESS 2006   BBC Radio Scotland

 

Books Book Chapters :

1)    Catherine McCall: “Laura and Paul” (USA edition)Philosophical novel for children 5-10 years old  (1989) 2)    Catherine McCall: “The Concepts of Person, Self and Human Being” Avebury Press (1990) Academic Philosophy.An analytic philosophical work on the concepts of ‘person’ ‘self’ and ‘human being’ and their relation to theories of personal identity which develops a new philosophical understanding of the meaning and roles of these concepts. 3)    Catherine McCall: “Laura and Paul”  (UK edition) Glasgow University Press (1990)Philosophical novel for children 5 – 10 years oldTranslated into Polish 1994 4)    Catherine McCall: “The 1991 Stevenson Lectures In Citizenship” Glasgow University Press (1991) Lecture 1 Philosophical Inquiry with Five Year Olds Lecture 2 Communities of Inquiry Lecture 3 Is it Rational to be Reasonable? Lecture 4  Reasoning & Citizenship 5)    Catherine McCall: “Changes” Glasgow University Press (1992)Philosophical novel for older teenagers and adults with functional illiteracy. (Translated into Spanish.) 6)    Catherine McCall: “Exhibitions” Written for the PECA project (1995) (translated into French, Italian and Catalan) Philosophical novel for children 6 –11 years old featuring art and aesthetics 7)    Catherine McCall: “Ken and Gelt” (1998)Philosophical novel for adults about the consequences of the knowledge economy 8)    Catherine McCall: “John’s Story”  (2005) Philosophical novel for young teenagers 9)    Catherine McCall: “Laura and Paul”  (3rd edition) , Trafford (2006)http://www.trafford .com  10) Catherine McCall: “Thinking Adventures” published by the Scottish Executive (2006)Guided Socratic Discussion course for 11- 13 year olds 11) Catherine McCall: “Teachers Guide to Thinking Adventures” published by the Scottish Executive (2006)http://www.flatproj ects.org. uk/projects/ c_centwesteduc/ conftoearn. aspTeacher’s manual on how to implement  ‘Thinking Adventures’ 12) Catherine McCall: “Thinking Changes” (2007)Guided Socratic Discussion course for 12- 14 year olds  13) Catherine McCall: “Teachers Guide to Thinking Changes” (2007)Teacher’s manual on how to implement  ‘Thinking Changes’ 14) Catherine McCall: “Thinking Challenges”  (2007)Guided Socratic Discussion course for 13- 15 year olds  15) Catherine McCall: “Christine’s Story”   (2007)Philosophical novel for teenagers 16) Catherine McCall: “Transforming Thinking: Philosophical Inquiry in the Primary and Secondary Classroom”  Routledge  (March 2009)Book on the nature of Philosophical Inquiry; its origins, its underlying     theory, its application and its effects.In preparation for publication   17) Catherine McCall: “Logic is Magic: An Introduction to Logic, Argumentation and Critical Thinking ”  (2008)     11)Guide for teachers showing step by step how to implement ‘Philosophical Thinking’ —————————————————————————————-  MCCALL, C.  (1993)  “Young Children Generate Philosophical Ideas” in (Ed) Lipman, Matthew Thinking Children and Education , Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, USA. MCCALL, C. (1997)   “Jobs for Philosophers: Philosophical Inquiry—Origin and Development,” in (Ed.) Wim van der Vlist  Perspectives in Philosophical Practice  Doorwerth, Netherlands    MCCALL, C. (1998)  “Everything Connected?” in   (Ed)  Philip Cam Thinking Stories 1     Hale & Iremonger, Pty. Ltd. , Australia   MCCALL, C. (2006)   “Socrates for Six Year Olds: Theory and Practice”  in (Eds) Daniela G. Camhy & Rainer Born  Encouraging Philosophical Thinking  Academia Verlag.   MCCALL, C. (2007) “Design Inquiries” . Published in ‘ The Scottish Show07, Editors Bell, L. and McEachan, L. The Lighthouse, UK 2007, ISBN 1-905061-12-9.  MCCALL, C. (2007) “Talking Thinking – Children Need Ideas”  in ‘The 2nd  Enlightenment Conference Proceedings’  . Communities of the Future, USA.  Recent  (2005-2008*) Conference Papers and Presentations  MCCALL, C. (2005) Transforming Scotland through Philosophical Inquiry. The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5th Feb. 2005. (Featured on BBC2 Newsnight Scotland 5th Feb 2005) MCCALL, C. (2005)  Children Philosophise through Thinking Adventures. Teachers Conference, East Renfrewshire, Scotland ,Sept 15th 2005MCCALL, C. (2005)  Scotland in Europe . A Curriculum for Excellence: Celebrating the Diversity of ‘Philosophy’ in Scotland. Fife Philosophy Network, Scotland ,24th September, 2005. MCCALL, C. (2005) Philosophy with Children and Guided Socratic Discussion   Head Teachers Conference, Troon,  Scotland ,Nov 2005 MCCALL, C. (2006) Philosophy with Children – 3 Methods. Malta University, Malta, Feb 2006 MCCALL, C. (2006) Children doing Philosophical Inquiry. Live demonstration at The 2nd EPIC International Conference: TALKING THINKING, Strathclyde University, Scotland , June 2006MCCALL, C. (2006)  Developing Future Citizens.  LTS Citizenship Coordinators Conference, Stirling, Scotland ,1st  Sept 2006 MCCALL, C. (2006) Confidence to Learn: Guided Philosophical Dialogue for S1-2 pupils. SETT Scottish Learning Festival, Glasgow, Scotland , 21st  Sept. 2006 MCCALL, C. (2006) Philosophical Inquiry and Lifelong Learning. UNESCO International Conference “Dialogue – Culture – Philosophy” Graz, Austria, Oct. 2006  MCCALL, C. and CLEGHORN, P. (2006) Values and Citizenship through Philosophy with Children.  5-Nations  Education for Values and Citizenship Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 16- 18th  Nov. 2006 MCCALL, C. (2007) Philosophising with Children. University of Iceland Philosophy Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland , Feb 2007. MCCALL, C. (2007) Five-year-old Children in Philosophical Dialogue. The 2nd Enlightenment Conference, South Carolina, USA, 2nd March 2007 MCCALL, C. (2007)  Philosophical Inquiry with Children. Key Note, Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain One day Conference on Philosophy for Children, St Andrews University, Scotland, 17th March 2007 MCCALL, C. (2007) Philosophy with Children in Scotland. SOPHIA Network International Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 2007. MCCALL, C. (2007)  Philosophy with Children – What is it?  Key Note,  SOPHIA Conference, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 22nd Nov 2007. MCCALL, C. (2008) SOPHIA and Philosophy with Children. Key Note,  Passie voor  Filosoferen, Derde Conferentie Kinderfilosofie in Nederland,  Arnhem, March  19th 2008.   MCCALL, C. (2008) Three Methods of Philosophical Dialogue: differences and similarities between Nelson’s Socratic Method, Lipman’s P4C Method and McCall’s CoPI Method. E-Learning in Dialogue: Innovative Teaching and Learning in Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, University of York, England, May 14th-15th 2008 —————————————————————————————

2005  – 2011

East Renfrewshire Council Dept. of Education, Scotland, UK  Philosophy in Education Consultant  2005 – 2006Wrote 1)‘Thinking Adventures’ 2)‘The Teachers Guide to Thinking Adventures’(funded by FlaT)Trained over 180 teachers from 7 High Schools in how to implement Guided Socratic Discussion in the classroom2007 – 2009 Guided Socratic Discussion Books completed 3)    Wondering                                                          P3-4 4)    Teacher’s Guide to Wondering                           P3-4 5)    Thinking Changes                                               S2 6)    Teachers Guide to Thinking Changes                 S2 7)    Thinking Challenges                                            S3 8)    Teacher’s Guide to Thinking Challenges            S3 9)    Wondering Adventures                                       P5-6 10) Teacher’s Guide to Wondering Adventures        P5-6 Trained further 345 Primary and Secondary teachers.Filmed P4, S1, S2 and S3 GSD courses for training DVD. 11) Talking Thinking                                                P7 12) Teacher’s Guide to Talking Thinking                 P7

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