Phronesis









Our curricula and programs are: Experiential, engaged, and experimental;

Innovative, and interdisciplinary;   Focused on well-being, peace, and social justice








Goals
  • Develop and provide innovative, engaged education, and leadership programs for life-long learning
  • Transform Oregon State University’s relation with the wider community in pursuit of social justice and sustainability
  • Encourage democratic use of technology in response to the critical challenges facing our planet
  • Provide quality research, analysis, and commentary for education programs at the federal, state, and local level


On-Going Experiments
  • High School Curriculum

o   Core classes for credit include Community Organizing for Peace, Non-violence, and Social Justice

o   Elective offerings include Forensic/Speech and Debate training

o   Leadership Camps for High-school juniors and seniors, modeled on Team Liberation

  • University Curriculum
  • Be good be orange
    • Graduate level
      • MA in Applied Ethics Practica
    • Undergraduate level
      • Phl 399 Phronesis Community Engagement
      • Bacc Core offerings in SHPR
      • Ethics Across the Curriculum

  • Community Curriculum

o   Education-Policy Development at Local, State, and Federal level

o   Training and Consulting for K-12 educators

Other ideas welcome and encouraged
Organizers
  • Sharyn Clough, faculty, School of History, Philosophy, & Religion (SHPR), OSU
  • Sean Creighton, researcher, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (STEM), OSU
  • Sione Filimoehala, major, Dual Degree program (Philosophy/Education) OSU
  • Matt Gaddis, grad student MA Applied Ethics, SHPR, OSU
  • Stephanie Jenkins, faculty, SHPR, OSU
Collaborators
  •  Jonathan Kaplan, faculty, SHPR, OSU
  • Mike O’Malley, faculty, College of Education, OSU
  • Stuart Sarbacker, faculty, SHPR, OSU
  • You?

Partnerships
  • School of History, Philosophy, and Religion, OSU
  • College of Education, OSU, Mike O’Malley
  • Precollege Program, OSU, Kyle Cole
  • Difference, Power, and Discrimination Program, OSU, Michelle Bothwell
  • Center for Teaching and Learning at OSU, Robin Pappas
  • Office of Civic Engagement at OSU, in prospect
  • College Hill High School, Corvallis, OR,  Julie Wilborn



Donations welcome! Contact: Stephanie Jenkins (Stephanie dot Jenkins at oregonstate dot edu)