Dr Sue Knight |
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| Position: | Lecturer / Research Degree Coordinator |
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| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences | |
| School/Unit: | School of Education | |
| Campus: | Magill Campus | |
| Office: | G1-18 | |
| Telephone: | +61 8 830 24550 | |
| Fax: | +61 8 830 24394 | |
| Email: | Sue_dot_Knight_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/Sue.Knight | |
My focus is on teaching all branches of philosophy in Primary and Secondary schools. At present I have a special interest in ethical inquiry within the Society and Environment learning area, and in both moral/values education and the teaching of reasoning skills. My areas of specialisation within philosophy are metaphysics and the philosophy of science. I am Acting Chair of the S.A. Association for Philosophy in the Classroom, and Chair of SSABSA's Philosophy Subject Advisory Committee
I teach the following courses
| EDUC 1035 | Big Questions of Existence |
| EDUC 3005 | Philosophy in Schools: Communities of Thinkers |
| EDUC 2007 | Society and Environment Education |
| EDUC 4034 | Ethics, Education and Knowledge (This course is not currently being taught) |
Professional associations
Australasian Association of Philosophy, South Australian Association for Philosophy in the Classroom Federation of Philosohy for Chidren Associations International network of Philosophers of education
Sue Knight and Carol Collins: joint editors of the journal Critical & Creative Thinking: The Australasian Journal of Philosophy in Education.
Qualifications
BA(Hons) PhD(Philos) BEd
Research interests
- My research interests include philosophy in schools, teaching for social justice, ethical inquiry within the Society and Environment curriculum area, values education and teaching reasoning skills.
Research publications
Sue Knight and Carol Collins 'The Curriculum Transformed: Philosophy embedded in the learning areas", Critical and Creative Thinking Vol 8 No 1 March 2000
Gallasch, J, Collins, C & Knight, S ¡®Education for Sustainability: The role of ethical inquiry¡¯, (in press) The International Journal of Sustainability, 2006/2007.
Collins C & Knight, S ¡®Engaging students in the processes of rational ethical justification: a way forward for social and environmental education?¡¯ to be presented at The 13th International Conference on Thinking, Sweden, June 17 ¨C 21, 2007
Knight, S & Collins, C ¡®the Australian Values Education Framework: no justification required?¡¯ Critical & Creative Thinking: The Australasian Journal of Philosophy in Education, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 32-49, 2007.
Collins, C & Knight S 'Where to S&E?' The Social Educator, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 16-19, 2006
Knight, S & Collins, C 'The Cultivation of Reason Giving: The Primary Purpose of Education?’, International Journal of the Humanities, vol. 3, issue 2, pp. 187-194, 2005/2006
Collins, C, & Knight, S 'Ethical Inquiry as Central to the Society & Environment Learning Area' (abstract reviewed), The Australian Association for Research in Education National Conference, Adelaide, 2006
Knight, S 'Philosophical Inquiry: Its rightful place in the curriculum’ The Australian Association for Research in Education National Conference, Adelaide, 2006
Knight, S, Collins, C & Muller, R 'Integrating Graduate Quality # 5 – Ethical responsibility – into the UniSA Curriculum’, Evaluation and Assessment Conference, Curtin University, November/December, 2006.
Collins, C & Knight, S 'Cultivating reason-giving: an alternative paradigm’, Critical and Creative Thinking: The Australasian Journal of Philosophy in Education, vol.13, nos. 1&2, pp. 1-33, 2005
Knight, S & Collins, C 'Society depends on moral judgment’ Opinion, The Australian, June 16th 2006, p. 14
Knight, S & Collins, C 'Trouble with tolerance’, Letter to the editor, The Australian, June 21st 2006
Knight, S & Collins, C, Book Review of ‘Working with Children and Families: Professional, Legal and Ethical Issues’ by Linda Newman & Lois Pollnitz, for the Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics website, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2005
Expertise for Media Contact
I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:
Discipline: Philosophy
- Philosophy in schools (JP/Primary, Middle and upper Secondary)
- Moral/Values Education
- Critical Thinking and Teaching Reasoning Skills
Community Service
| Organisation Name: | S.A. Association for Philosophy in the Classroom |
| Level of involvement: | Chairperson 2000, Deputy Chairperson 2001-2003 |
| Year from: | 1990 |
| Year to: | 2003 |
| Organisation Name: | SSABSA |
| Section: | Subject Advisory Committe-Philosophy |
| Level of involvement: | Chairperson |
| Year from: | 2002 |
| Year to: | 2003 |
| Comments: | Philosophy was introduced as A Tear 11 and 12 subject in 2002-2003. The inaugural Subject Advisory Committe is responsible for over-seeing this initiative |
| Organisation Name: | Ingle Farm Primary School |
| Level of involvement: | Consultant-Philosophy in the Classroom |
| Year from: | 2003 |
| Year to: | 2004 |
| Comments: | Together with Carol Collins I am working with the Principal,and with teachers and students at Ingle Farm Primary School to develop and implement Community of Inquiry methodology and Philosophy in th classroom across the school. |
Research Degree Supervisor
My reasearch interests include teaching for social justice, ethical inquiry in classrooms, values education, philosophy in schools and teaching reasoning skills.Change | Staff home page help