Matthew Wills from Australia coordinated a workshop on Philosophy with Children at the Department for learning and teaching (Haifa University).
Wills has had 22 years experience teaching Philosophy, Ethics and Religious
Education in excellent Australian Schools.
He
has received the „Peter Fitzsimons Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching‟ and
the “William McDonald Fellowship” for research
in British schools.
Until
recently he was the Chairman of the Executive and a founding Board member of
the Dialogue Australasian Network .
He
is currently the Head of Philosophy, Values and Religion at Hale School in
Perth where he teaches Philosophy and
Ethics.
He
has run successful Philosophy and Ethics camps and conducts a weekly lunch-
time Philosophy Club at Hale School for interested students.
In
2010 he was awarded a Winston Churchill
Fellowship to speak about the Philosothon in the US and research a
similar competition there .
Since
starting the Hale Philosothon in 2007 he has been instrumental in the growth of
the Philo- sothons in each Australian state and he helped establish the first
national Philosothon in Sydney in 2011.
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