Finnish-Swedish Conference on Pedagogy and Didactics of Philosophy

Helsinki, Finland, 12th & 13th of June 2025

Location: House of Science (Kirkkokatu/Kyrkogatan 6, Helsinki; Tieteiden talo)
Participation is free of charge, but we kindly ask you to inform of your intention to attend, so we can estimate the number of participants / Seminaari on ilmainen, mutta pyydämme osallistujamäärän arvioimiseksi ilmoittautumaan ennakkoon lomakkeella viimeistään ma 9.6.: https://forms.office.com/e/aqssXt3xXw

Programme Thursday 12th of June

10.00-10.30 Coffee and opening words. Tuukka Tomperi and Isabella Varricchio.
Jaakko Lindfors (Finnish National Agency for Education): Welcome Address from EDUFI

10.30-12.00 Presentations and discussions
Isabella Varricchio (Stockholm University): The role and significance of philosophy in meeting society in upper secondary school – philosophy subject curricula in the Nordics

Eero Salmenkivi (University of Helsinki & Finnish Matriculation Examination Board): The Curriculum and Matriculation Examination of Philosophy in Finland: Current Overview

12.00-13.00 Lunch break (Free buffet for all participants at the House of Science.)

13.00-14.30 Presentations and discussions
Ylva Backman, Anders Franklin & Viktor Gardelli (Luleå University of Technology), online: Preliminary Results from a Research Project about Philosophical Dialogues with Pupils with Intellectual Disabilities

Eena Hämäläinen (Tampere University & Tampere Arts-Oriented Senior Secondary School): Common Ethics in School as an Educational Challenge: A Hundred Year Perspective from Finland

(19.00- Evening meeting/dinner, Restaurant Juttutupa, Säästöpankinranta 6. Everyone welcome.)

Programme Friday 13th of June

10.00-10.30 Coffee

10.30-12.00 Presentations and discussions
Eelis Mikkola & Mika Perälä & Arto Kallioniemi (University of Helsinki; University of Cambridge): Adapting Philosophy for Children for Finnish Upper Secondary Schools: A Comparative Analysis of Philosophy, Religious Education, and Culture, Worldviews and Ethics

Jóhann Björnsson (Reykjavik University): Reflections from the Field: Teaching Philosophy Through Dialogue in Compulsory Education – A Teacher’s Perspective

12.00-13.00 Lunch break (Free buffet for all participants at the House of Science.)

13.00-14.30 Presentations and discussions
Jarkko Vilkkilä (Tampere Classical Upper Secondary School): Teaching Philosophy as Skillful Thinking – Some Problems (and maybe some solutions)

Tuukka Tomperi (Tampere University): Bridging Pedagogical Philosophizing with Children & Didactics of School Philosophy

14.30-14.45 Closing Discussion & Presentation of the Nordic Network for Pedagogy and Didactics of Philosophy

14.45 Ending the meeting & Coffee

Participation is free of charge, but we kindly ask you to inform of your intention to attend, so we can estimate the number of participants, at the latest Monday 9.6. / Seminaari on ilmainen, mutta pyydämme osallistujamäärän arvioimiseksi ilmoittautumaan ennakkoon lomakkeella viimeistään ma 9.6.: https://forms.office.com/e/aqssXt3xXw

Organisers:
Tuukka Tomperi (tuukka.tomperi@tuni.fi; +358 40 568 2118)
Isabella Varricchio (isabella.varricchio@su.se; +46 70 353 76 09)

Organised by Eurooppalaisen filosofian seura (Finnish Society for European Philosophy), FutuPedaFilo -research project (Kone Foundation), and research consortium DELIBERATE (Research Council of Finland)

Funding: Suomalais-ruotsalainen kulttuurirahasto / Kulturfonden för Sverige och Finland