Associate Professor Gilbert Burgh
Associate Professor in Philosophy, Director of Research Training
+61 7 336 56348
Room E323, Forgan Smith Building (1)
Researcher biography
Gilbert teaches Environmental Philosophy, Philosophy and Education and Moral and Political Philosophy. He is active in bringing the ideas and practices of philosophy to public forums and issues, including: philosophy cafes, philosothons, public debates and since 1990 he has been promoting philosophy in schools. He was the founding president of the Queensland Association of Philosophy in Schools (1994-6), and president of the Federation of Australasian Philosophy in Schools Associations (2002-3).
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Philosophical Inquiry with Children: An Australian history dedicated to creating an inquiring society Summer Research Scholarship |
2016–2017 |
Books
Freakley, Mark, Burgh, Gilbert and Tilt MacSporran, Lyne Values education in schools: a resource book for student inquiry. Camberwell, VIC, Australia: ACER Press, 2008.
Burgh, G., Field, T. K. and Freakley, M. Ethics and the Community of Inquiry: Education for Deliberative Democracy 1 ed. South Melbourne, Victoria: Thomson Social Science Press, 2006.
Freakley, M. and Burgh, G. Engaging with Ethics: Ethical Inquiry for Teachers. Katoomba, NSW: Social Science Press Australia, 2000.
Book Chapters
Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2019). The philosophical classroom: an Australian story. In Gilbert Burgh and Simone Thornton (Ed.), Philosophical inquiry with children: the development of an inquiring society in Australia (pp. 1-5) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429431821-1
Thornton, Simone and Burgh, Gilbert (2019). Growing up with philosophy in Australia: philosophy as cultural discourse. In Gilbert Burgh and Simone Thornton (Ed.), Philosophical inquiry with children: the development of an inquiring society in Australia (pp. 236-249) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429431821-22
Burgh,Gilbert , Thornton, Simone and Fynes-Clinton, Liz (2018). ‘Do not block the way of inquiry’: cultivating collective doubt through sustained deep reflective thinking. In Ellen Duthie, Félix García Moriyón and Rafael Robles Loro (Ed.), Parecidos de familia. Propuestas actuales en Filosofía para Niños [Family Resemblances: Current trends in philosophy for children] (pp. 47-61) Madrid: Anaya.
Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2017). From Harry to Philosophy Park: the development of philosophy for children resources in Australia. In Maughn Rollins Gregory, Joanna Haynes and Karin Murris (Ed.), The Routledge international handbook of philosophy for children (pp. 163-170) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Thornton, Simone and Burgh, Gilbert (2017). Making peace education everyone’s business. In Ching-Ching Lin and Lavina Sequeira (Ed.), Inclusion, diversity and intercultural dialogue in young people's philosophical inquiry (pp. 55-65) Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Nichols, Kim, Burgh, Gilbert and Fynes-Clinton, Liz (2017). Reconstruction of thinking across the curriculum through the community of inquiry. In Maughn Rollins Gregory, Joanna Haynes and Karin Murris (Ed.), The Routledge international handbook of philosophy for children (pp. 245-252) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315726625
Burgh, Gilbert (2017). Philosophy in Schools: An Australian perspective. In Saeed Naji and Rosnani Hashim (Ed.), History, Theory and Practices of Philosophy for Children: International Perspectives (pp. 157-166) London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Burgh, Gilbert (2014). Creative and lateral thinking: Edward de Bono. In D. C. Phillips (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational theory and philosophy (pp. 187-189) Thousand Oakes, CA, United Sates: Sage. doi:10.4135/9781483346229.n86
Burgh, Gilbert (2010). Citizenship as a Learning Process: Democratic education without foundationalism. In Darryl R.J. Mracer and Souria Saad-Zoy (Ed.), Asian-Arab Philosophical Dialogues on Globalization, Democracy and Human Rights (pp. 59-69) Bangkok Thailand: UNESCO, Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific.
Burgh, Gilbert (2008). P4C in Australia: Interview with Gilbert Burgh by Saeed Naji. In Saeed Naji (Ed.), Philosophical Inquiry for Children: Interviews with Some Leaders of Philosophy for Children throughout the World (pp. x-x) Tehran, Iran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies.
Burgh, Gilbert (2007). Aesthetic Encounters of the Human Kind (Foreword). In Marshall, Lyne (Ed.), Gleaner or Gladiator: the struggle to create 1 ed. (pp. 6-9) Tallegalla, Queensland: Art Clique Projects.
Burgh, G. (2005). From Socrates to Lipman: Making Philosophy Relevant. In Daniel Shepherd (Ed.), Creative Engagements: Thinking with Children Vol. 31 ed. (pp. 25-31) Oxford, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
Burgh, G. (2003). Democratic Education: Aligning curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and school governance.. In Philip Cam (Ed.), Philosophy, Democracy and Education APPEND Phil. Series: Vol. 4 ed. (pp. 101-120) Seoul, Korea: Korean National Commission for UNESCO.
Journal Articles
Thornton, Simone, Graham, Mary and Burgh, Gilbert (2020) Reflecting on place: environmental education as decolonisation. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 1-11. doi:10.1017/aee.2019.31
Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2019) Ecosocial citizenship education: facilitating interconnective, deliberative practice and corrective methodology for epistemic accountability. Childhood and Philosophy, 15 43-61. doi:10.12957/childphilo.2019.42794
Burgh, Gilbert (2018) The need for philosophy in promoting democracy: a case for philosophy in the curriculum. Journal of Philosophy in Schools, 5 1: 38-58. doi:10.21913/JPS.v5i1.1483
Nichols, Kim, Burgh, Gilbert and Kennedy, Callie (2017) Comparing two inquiry professional development interventions in Science on primary students' questioning and other inquiry behaviours. Research in Science Education, 47 1: 1-24. doi:10.1007/s11165-015-9487-5
Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2016) Philosophy goes to school in Australia: A history 1982-2016. Journal of Philosophy in Schools, 3 1: 59-83.
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
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
Scholl, Rosie, Nichols, Kim and Burgh, Gilbert (2016) Connecting learning to the world beyond the classroom through collaborative philosophical inquiry. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 44 5: 436-454. doi:10.1080/1359866X.2015.1095279
Scholl, Rosie, Nichols, Kim and Burgh, Gilbert (2014) Transforming pedagogy through philosophical inquiry. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 9 3: 253-272.
Burgh, Gilbert (2014) Democratic pedagogy. Journal of Philosophy in Schools, 1 1: 22-44.
Gillies, Robyn M., Nichols, Kim, Burgh, Gilbert and Haynes, Michelle (2013) Primary students' scientific reasoning and discourse during cooperative inquiry-based science activities. International Journal of Educational Research, 63 127-140. doi:10.1016/j.ijer.2013.01.001
Burgh, Gilbert and Nichols, Kim (2012) The parallels between philosophical inquiry and scientific inquiry: Implications for science education. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 44 10: 1045-1059. doi:10.1111/j.1469-5812.2011.00751.x
Gillies, Robyn M., Nichols, Kim, Burgh, Gilbert and Haynes, Michele (2012) The effects of two strategic and meta-cognitive questioning approaches on children's explanatory behaviour, problem-solving, and learning during cooperative, inquiry-based science. International Journal of Educational Research, 53 93-106. doi:10.1016/j.ijer.2012.02.003
Gillies, Robyn M., Nichols, Kim and Burgh, Gilbert (2011) Promoting problem-solving and reasoning during cooperative inquiry science. Teaching Education, 22 4: 429-445. doi:10.1080/10476210.2011.610448
Burgh, Gilbert and Yorshansky, Mor (2011) Communities of inquiry: Politics, power and group dynamics. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 43 5: 436-452. doi:10.1111/j.1469-5812.2007.00389.x
Burgh, Gilbert (2009) Citizenship as a learning process: Democratic education without foundationalism. Farhang, 22 69: 117-138.
Burgh, Gilbert (2007) Education and Civic Responsibility. Professional Voice, 4 3: 33-37.
Burgh, G. (2005) Reason, feminism and philosophical education. Critical & creative t\inking: the Australasian journal of philosophy for children, 12 1&2: 67-78.
Burgh, G. (2004) "Seeking Justice as a strategy for teaching and learning in SOSE: the Ring of Gyges, the Veil of Ignorance and the Prisoner's Dilemma". The Social Educator, 22 3: 25-33.
Burgh, G. (2003) Philosophy in Schools: Education for democracy or democratic education. Critical and Creative Thinking: The Australasian Journal of Philosophy in Schools, 11 2: 18-30.
Burgh, G. (2003) The world of dialogue (a review of Trevor Curnow, ed., Thinking Through Dialogue). Analytic Teaching, 23 2: 65-66.
Burgh, G. and O'Brien, M. (2002) Philosophy and Education: Integrating Curriculum, Teaching and Learning. Critical & Creative Thinking: The Australasian Journal of Philosophy for Children, 10 1: 45-58.
Freakley, M. and Burgh, G. (1998) Improving teacher education students' ethical thinking using the community of inquiry approach. Analytic Teaching: The Community of Inquiry Journal, 19 1: 38-45.
Field, Terri and Burgh, Gilbert (1995) Philosophising with Children. The History Teacher, 31 1: 45-47.
Field, Terri, Jordan, S. and Burgh, Gilbert (1993) Talking with Girls: Philosophy in the classroom. Queensland Teachers Union Professional Magazine, 11 2: 19-23.
Conference Papers
Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2016). Philosophy for children in Australia: then, now, and where to from here?. In: 45th Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia: Re-engaging with politics: Re-imagining the university. 45th Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, Melbourne, Australia, (). 5-8 December 2015.
Burgh, Gilbert and Thornton, Simone (2015). Engagement as dialogue: Camus, pragmatism and constructivist pedagogy. In: PESA Conference 2014 Conference Papers. Education as Philosophies of Engagement: 44th Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA), Hamilton, New Zealand, (26-45). 22-25 November 2014.
Park, Ji Yong and Burgh, Gilbert (2013). Culturally inclusive design in a multicultural society: dualism, monism, and holism. In: Korea Digital Design Council Corporate Office, KODDCO 2013 International Design Conference: Cross Point of 'E to W'. KODDCO 2013 International Design Conference, New York, NY, USA, (29-32). 2 August, 2013.
Burgh, G. (2009). Professional development and training: A case of initiative, inventiveness and re-adaptability. In: Jinfen Yan and David E. Schrader, Creating a Global Dialogue on Value Inquiry: Papers from the XXII World Congress of Philosophy (rethinking Philosophy Today). XXII World Congress of Philosophy, Seoul, Korea, (5-13). 30 July - 5 August, 2008.
Scholl, R., Nichols, K. and Burgh, G. (2009). Philosophy for children: Towards pedagogical transformation. In: Teacher education crossing borders: Cultures, contexts, communities and curriculum; Annual Conference of the Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA). Annual Conference of the Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA), Albury, NSW, Australia, (1-15). 28 June - 1 July 2009.
Burgh, Gilbert (2009). Reconstruction in philosophy education: The community of inquiry as a basis for knowledge and learning. In: Proceedings of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia 2008 Conference. The Ownership and Dissemination of Knowledge, Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Conference, The Queensland University of Technology, (65-1-65-12). 4-7 December 2008.
O'Brien, M., Byers, H. K., Huber, T. L., Jacobsen, I., Bulmer, M., Burgh, G., Crosthwaite, C. A., Harrison, J. and Hughes, C. P. (2005). Actualising research-led teaching and learning within university curriculum. In: Challenging issues for teaching and learning in 21st century. Effective Teaching and Learning Conference, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, (). 3-4 November, 2005.
Burgh, G. and Davey, S. L. (2004). Learning for democracy: Caring, dialogue and deliberative communities. In: Rick Flowers, Papers and Abstracts: Education and Social Action Conference 2004. Education and Social Action Conference, Sydney, Australia, (328-335). 6-8 December 2004.
Burgh, G. (2003). Human Resource Development in the Asia-Pacific Region: Implications for education (English/trans. Vietnamese). In: Dr Habil. Pham Minh Hac, Research on Culture, Man and Human Resources at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Res. on Culture, Man & Human Res. at the Beginning of 21st Cen, Hilton Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam, (163-166). 27-28 November 2003.
O'Brien, M. and Burgh, G. (2001). Revisioning SOSE: Examining the Role of Philosophy in Contemporary Social Education [OBRO1469]. In: AARE Annual Conference held at UWA, Freemantle, WA, December 2001 AARE 2001 Conference Paper Abstracts Alphabetical Index [Electronic Resource]. AARE Annual Conference, University of Western Australia, Freemantle, WA, (OBRO1569). December, 2001.
Thesis
Burgh, Gilbert (1998). Is demarchy possible? : a case for ruling and being ruled in turn PhD Thesis, Dept. of Philosophy, The University of Queensland. doi:10.14264/uql.2017.152