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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
2016
Journal Article
Philosophy goes to school in Australia: A history 1982-2016
Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2016). Philosophy goes to school in Australia: A history 1982-2016. Journal of Philosophy in Schools, 3 (1), 59-83. doi: 10.21913/jps.v3i1.1300
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Chinese Australian medical student navigations of the health system: intersections of culture, identity and cross-cultural communication
Principal Advisor
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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
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Doctor Philosophy
Lovers of Wisdom on Stolen Land: Settler colonial logic and ontoepistemic injustice in Australian tertiary philosophy education
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gilbert Burgh
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Doctor Philosophy
Chinese Australian medical student navigations of the health system: intersections of culture, identity and cross-cultural communication
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
You Say You Want a Revolution: The moral need for global environmental governance in an age of global climate change
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gilbert Burgh
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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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