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Dr Simone Thornton
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Simone Thornton

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Overview

Background

Simone Thornton is a lecturer in philosophy in the School of Humanities and Social Inquiry at the University of Wollongong, where she teaches environmental philosophy, global ethics and the meaning of life and is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Queensland. Her research interests intersect social, political, environmental and educational philosophy with a focus on developing eco-rationality through education. Simone is a founding member of the Australian Philosophy Research Group along with Mary Graham, Gilbert Burgh and Michelle Boulous Walker.

Availability

Dr Simone Thornton is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Works

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25 works between 2015 and 2024

1 - 20 of 25 works

2024

Journal Article

Place, empire, environmental education and the community of inquiry

Thornton, Simone, Burgh, Gilbert and Graham, Mary (2024). Place, empire, environmental education and the community of inquiry. Journal of Philosophy in Schools, 11 (1), 83-103. doi: 10.46707/jps.v11i1.218

Place, empire, environmental education and the community of inquiry

2024

Journal Article

Toward a self-correcting society: Deep reflective thinking as a theory of practice

Fynes-Clinton, Elizabeth, Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2024). Toward a self-correcting society: Deep reflective thinking as a theory of practice. Journal of Philosophy in Schools, 11 (1), 63-82. doi: 10.46707/jps.v11i1.217

Toward a self-correcting society: Deep reflective thinking as a theory of practice

2023

Book

Eco-rational education: an educational response to environmental crisis

Thornton, Simone (2023). Eco-rational education: an educational response to environmental crisis. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003144489

Eco-rational education: an educational response to environmental crisis

2023

Journal Article

Teaching about climate change in the midst of ecological crisis: responsibilities, challenges, and responsibilities

Bleazby, Jennifer, Burgh, Gilbert, Thornton, Simone, Graham, Mary, Reid, Alan and Finefter-Ronsebluh, Ilana (2023). Teaching about climate change in the midst of ecological crisis: responsibilities, challenges, and responsibilities. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 55 (10), 1087-1095. doi: 10.1080/00131857.2023.2211260

Teaching about climate change in the midst of ecological crisis: responsibilities, challenges, and responsibilities

2023

Book Chapter

Rethinking teacher preparation for teaching: controversial topics in a community of inquiry

Thornton, Simone, Burgh, Gilbert, Bleazby, Jennifer and Graham, Mary (2023). Rethinking teacher preparation for teaching: controversial topics in a community of inquiry. Philosophy with children and teacher education: global perspectives on critical, creative and caring thinking. (pp. 194-203) edited by Arie Kizel. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003212737-25

Rethinking teacher preparation for teaching: controversial topics in a community of inquiry

2023

Journal Article

Responding to climate change ‘controversy’ in schools: Philosophy for Children, place-responsive pedagogies & Critical Indigenous Pedagogy

Bleazby, Jennifer, Thornton, Simone, Burgh, Gilbert and Graham, Mary (2023). Responding to climate change ‘controversy’ in schools: Philosophy for Children, place-responsive pedagogies & Critical Indigenous Pedagogy. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 55 (10), 1096-1108. doi: 10.1080/00131857.2022.2132933

Responding to climate change ‘controversy’ in schools: Philosophy for Children, place-responsive pedagogies & Critical Indigenous Pedagogy

2022

Journal Article

TEACHING DEMOCRACY IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY PLACE-RESPONSIVE LEARNING Preface

Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2022). TEACHING DEMOCRACY IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY PLACE-RESPONSIVE LEARNING Preface. Teaching Democracy in An Age of Uncertainty, XIII-+.

TEACHING DEMOCRACY IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY PLACE-RESPONSIVE LEARNING Preface

2022

Book

Teaching democracy in an age of uncertainty: place-responsive learning

Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2022). Teaching democracy in an age of uncertainty: place-responsive learning. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003098089

Teaching democracy in an age of uncertainty: place-responsive learning

2021

Journal Article

Place-based philosophical education: reconstructing ‘place’, reconstructing ethics

Thornton, Simone, Graham, Mary and Burgh, Gilbert (2021). Place-based philosophical education: reconstructing ‘place’, reconstructing ethics. Childhood and Philosophy, 17, 1-29. doi: 10.12957/childphilo.2021.54696

Place-based philosophical education: reconstructing ‘place’, reconstructing ethics

2019

Journal Article

Reflecting on place: environmental education as decolonisation

Thornton, Simone, Graham, Mary and Burgh, Gilbert (2019). Reflecting on place: environmental education as decolonisation. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 35 (3), 239-249. doi: 10.1017/aee.2019.31

Reflecting on place: environmental education as decolonisation

2019

Other Outputs

Disruptive philosophies: Eco-rational education and the epistemology of place ​​​​​​​

Thornton, Simone Gralton (2019). Disruptive philosophies: Eco-rational education and the epistemology of place ​​​​​​​. PhD Thesis, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.534

Disruptive philosophies: Eco-rational education and the epistemology of place ​​​​​​​

2019

Journal Article

Ecosocial citizenship education: facilitating interconnective, deliberative practice and corrective methodology for epistemic accountability

Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2019). Ecosocial citizenship education: facilitating interconnective, deliberative practice and corrective methodology for epistemic accountability. Childhood and Philosophy, 15, 43-61. doi: 10.12957/childphilo.2019.42794

Ecosocial citizenship education: facilitating interconnective, deliberative practice and corrective methodology for epistemic accountability

2019

Book Chapter

The philosophical classroom: an Australian story

Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2019). The philosophical classroom: an Australian story. Philosophical inquiry with children: the development of an inquiring society in Australia. (pp. 1-5) edited by Gilbert Burgh and Simone Thornton. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429431821-1

The philosophical classroom: an Australian story

2019

Book Chapter

Growing up with philosophy in Australia: philosophy as cultural discourse

Thornton, Simone and Burgh, Gilbert (2019). Growing up with philosophy in Australia: philosophy as cultural discourse. Philosophical inquiry with children: the development of an inquiring society in Australia. (pp. 236-249) edited by Gilbert Burgh and Simone Thornton. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429431821-22

Growing up with philosophy in Australia: philosophy as cultural discourse

2019

Book

Philosophical inquiry with children: the development of an inquiring society in Australia

Gilbert Burgh and Simone Thornton eds. (2019). Philosophical inquiry with children: the development of an inquiring society in Australia. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429431821

Philosophical inquiry with children: the development of an inquiring society in Australia

2018

Journal Article

The educational cost of philosophical suicide: what it means to be lucid

Thornton, Simone (2018). The educational cost of philosophical suicide: what it means to be lucid. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 51 (6), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/00131857.2018.1493681

The educational cost of philosophical suicide: what it means to be lucid

2018

Book Chapter

‘Do not block the way of inquiry’: cultivating collective doubt through sustained deep reflective thinking

Burgh, Gilbert, Thornton, Simone and Fynes-Clinton, Liz (2018). ‘Do not block the way of inquiry’: cultivating collective doubt through sustained deep reflective thinking. Parecidos de familia. Propuestas actuales en Filosofía para Niños [Family Resemblances: Current trends in philosophy for children]. (pp. 47-61) edited by Ellen Duthie, Félix García Moriyón and Rafael Robles Loro. Madrid, Spain: Anaya.

‘Do not block the way of inquiry’: cultivating collective doubt through sustained deep reflective thinking

2018

Conference Publication

Philosophical suicide in education: what Camus can teach us

Thornton, Simone (2018). Philosophical suicide in education: what Camus can teach us. 47th Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia: Birth, Death and Re-birth: Does philosophy of education need a new Subject?, Newcastle, Australia, 1–5 December 2017. Claremont, WA, Australia: Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia.

Philosophical suicide in education: what Camus can teach us

2017

Book Chapter

From Harry to Philosophy Park: the development of philosophy for children resources in Australia

Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2017). From Harry to Philosophy Park: the development of philosophy for children resources in Australia. The Routledge international handbook of philosophy for children. (pp. 163-170) edited by Maughn Rollins Gregory, Joanna Haynes and Karin Murris. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315726625-34

From Harry to Philosophy Park: the development of philosophy for children resources in Australia

2017

Book Chapter

Making peace education everyone’s business

Thornton, Simone and Burgh, Gilbert (2017). Making peace education everyone’s business. Inclusion, diversity and intercultural dialogue in young people's philosophical inquiry. (pp. 55-65) edited by Ching-Ching Lin and Lavina Sequeira. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. doi: 10.1007/978-94-6351-065-3

Making peace education everyone’s business

Supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    You Say You Want a Revolution: The moral need for global environmental governance in an age of global climate change

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Chinese Australian medical student navigations of the health system: intersections of culture, identity and cross-cultural communication

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Lovers of wisdom on Stolen Land: An investigation into the under- and mis- representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander philosophies in Australian tertiary philosophy education today.

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Lovers of Wisdom on Stolen Land: Settler colonial logic and ontoepistemic injustice in Australian tertiary philosophy education

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Chinese Australian medical student navigations of the health system: intersections of culture, identity and cross-cultural communication

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Forest Lovers, Live Forever: Bringing Val Plumwood and Luce Irigaray into dialogue on topics of life, love and death in the age of ecological crisis

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Michelle Boulous Walker, Dr Laura Roberts, Associate Professor Joel Katzav

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