Finnish-Swedish Conference on Pedagogy and Didactics of Philosophy 12.-13.6.2025

Location: House of Science (Kirkkokatu/Kyrkogatan 6, Helsinki; Tieteiden talo)

Participation is free of charge. See how to register here: https://netn.fi/syn_news/finnish-swedish-conference-on-pedagogy-and-didactics-of-philosophy/

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 (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

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
Olle Uppenberg (Philosophie Doctor, Independent researcher), online: Student Relativism and Equality

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