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By Subject Area: Philosophy
Support Materials: Book Reviews
Searching for Meaning: Idealism, Bright Minds, Disillusionment, and Hope
BOOK REVIEW (Davidson Institute) - This book aims to help individuals who find themselves disillusioned in today’s world by teaching them to understand themselves and their struggles. It also includes helpful information and suggestions for actions that disillusioned idealists can use to better manage their feelings and thoughts in ways that will nurture their idealism and provide a sense of satisfaction and contentment.
The Examined Life: Advanced Philosophy for Kids
BOOK REVIEW (Davidson Institute) - Author Dr. David White has provided teachers an engaging way to help students work through many philosophical theories and questions.
The Examined Life: Advanced Philosophy for Kids
, is divided into three sections which focus on readings that will encourage classroom debate, activities that apply philosophical theories to critical thinking, language and the arts, and suggestions on how teachers can become more reflective philosophers themselves.