Cultivating Reasonableness in Education: Community of Philosophical Inquiry

Marella Ada V. Mancenido-Bolaños teaches Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy and the Graduate School of the University of Santo Tomas (UST), Manila, Philippines, and obtained her MA and PhD in Philosophy from UST. She is currently the Chair of the UST Department of Philosophy. She is also a member of the International Council of Philosophical Inquiry with Children, Federation of Australasian Philosophy in Schools Association, Simone de Beauvoir Society, and Women Doing Philosophy. Marella has presented and published papers on Feminism (particularly about the works of Simone de Beauvoir and Iris Marion Young), Philosophy of Education, Philosophy for Children, and Philosophy of Childhood. She has conducted Philosophy for Children and Community of Inquiry training workshops for elementary and secondary school teachers, and also spearheaded an online community of philosophical inquiry with children ages 5-10.
Cathlyne Joy P. Alvarez-Abarejo teaches at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines. She obtained her BA in Philosophy (magna cum laude) and MA in Philosophy degrees from the Department of Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Educational History and Philosophy at the College of Education, University of the Philippines Diliman. She specializes in Philosophy for Children, Epistemology, Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of Religion, and Filipino Philosophy. Cathlyne is also a licensed professional teacher (LPT) in Values Education. Her strong interest in the philosophy of education and passion in teaching drew her to the Philosophy for/with Children program. Over the years, she has attended, participated in, and conducted training in Philosophy for Children, and has also presented papers locally and internationally on the subject. Her research and teaching efforts are geared towards the introduction of Philosophy to young minds and the cultivation of thinking skills and intellectual virtues among the youth - all for her love of wisdom and the next generation.
Leander Penaso Marquez teaches philosophy, educational foundations, and values education courses at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He holds an MA in Philosophy degree and an MA in Education degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman. He also has a Master of Health Research Ethics (MOHRE) degree from the Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Leander sits as Co-chair of the Working Group on Bioethics of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Global Health Program, and serves as Junior Ambassador to the Philippines for the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN). He is also a member of the International Council of Philosophical Inquiry with Children (ICPIC). He was first introduced to P4wC in 2014 and received training from the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophyfor Children (IAPC) in 2017. Since then, he has facilitated various training and workshops on teaching philosophy and P4wC. His research interests include Ethics, Epistemology, Bioethics, Research Ethics, Education Policy, Philosophy for Children, Philosophy of Education, and Philosophy and Popular Culture. Leander has published several articles in books and journals in addition to having presented some of his research in various conferences. He has also published a textbook for Filipino students that is based on the P4wC framework titled, 'Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century Culture' (2018).

Marella Ada V. Mancenido-Bolaños 在菲律賓馬尼拉的聖托馬斯大學（UST）哲學系及研究所教授哲學，並在該校獲得碩士及博士學位。她目前擔任UST哲學系主任。她也是國際兒童哲學探究理事會、澳洲哲學學校協會、西蒙·德·波伏娃學會及女性哲學實踐組織的成員。Marella 曾發表及出版有關女性主義（特別是西蒙·德·波伏娃和艾瑞斯·瑪莉安·楊的作品）、教育哲學、兒童哲學及童年哲學的論文。她為小學及中學教師舉辦了兒童哲學及探究社群的培訓工作坊，並主導了一個針對5至10歲兒童的線上哲學探究社群。

Cathlyne Joy P. Alvarez-Abarejo 在菲律賓馬尼拉的聖托馬斯大學文學院哲學系任教。她在菲律賓大學迪利曼校區獲得哲學學士（優等）及碩士學位。她目前正在菲律賓大學迪利曼校區的教育學院攻讀教育歷史與哲學的博士學位。她專攻兒童哲學、認識論、倫理學、邏輯學、宗教哲學及菲律賓哲學。Cathlyne 也是一名價值教育的專業教師（LPT）。她對教育哲學的濃厚興趣及對教學的熱情使她投身於兒童哲學的課程。多年來，她參加、參與並舉辦了兒童哲學的培訓，並在國內外就此主題發表論文。她的研究及教學努力旨在向年輕心靈介紹哲學，培養思考技能及智慧美德，這一切都是出於她對智慧及下一代的熱愛。

Leander Penaso Marquez 在菲律賓大學迪利曼校區教授哲學、教育基礎及價值教育課程。他擁有菲律賓大學迪利曼校區的哲學碩士學位及教育碩士學位，並在馬來西亞吉隆坡的馬來亞大學獲得健康研究倫理碩士學位（MOHRE）。Leander 擔任亞太大學協會（APRU）全球健康計畫的生物倫理工作組共同主席，並擔任普世科學教育與研究網絡（USERN）在菲律賓的青年大使。他也是國際兒童哲學探究理事會（ICPIC）的成員。他於2014年首次接觸P4wC，並於2017年接受了兒童哲學推進研究所（IAPC）的培訓。自那時以來，他已經主持了多場有關教學哲學及P4wC的培訓和工作坊。他的研究興趣包括倫理學、認識論、生物倫理學、研究倫理學、教育政策、兒童哲學、教育哲學及哲學與流行文化。Leander 除了在各種會議上發表研究外，還在書籍和期刊上發表了幾篇文章。他還出版了一本基於P4wC框架的教科書，名為《21世紀文化中的趨勢、網絡與批判性思維》（2018年）。