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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2016
Journal Article
Lucid education: resisting resistance to inquiry
Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2016). Lucid education: resisting resistance to inquiry. Oxford Review of Education, 42 (2), 165-177. doi: 10.1080/03054985.2016.1151410
2016
Journal Article
Inoculation against wonder: finding an antidote in Camus, pragmatism and the community of inquiry
Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2016). Inoculation against wonder: finding an antidote in Camus, pragmatism and the community of inquiry. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 48 (9), 884-898. doi: 10.1080/00131857.2015.1079516
2016
Conference Publication
Philosophy for children in Australia: then, now, and where to from here?
Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2016). Philosophy for children in Australia: then, now, and where to from here?. 45th Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, Melbourne, Australia, 5-8 December 2015. PESA.
2015
Conference Publication
Engagement as dialogue: Camus, pragmatism and constructivist pedagogy
Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2015). Engagement as dialogue: Camus, pragmatism and constructivist pedagogy. Education as Philosophies of Engagement: 44th Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA), Hamilton, New Zealand, 22-25 November 2014. Claremont, WA, Australia: Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia.
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Simone Thornton is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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
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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
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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
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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