ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an account of the first years of philosophy for children (p4c) in Australia, from Laurance Splitter’s initial meeting with Matthew Lipman in 1982, through to the establishment of the Centre for Philosophy with Children at the Australia Council for Educational Research (ACER) in 1988. This period saw collaboration between individuals, schools and universities involving both an increasing educational presence in schools and a national structure. Reflecting on this period through the lens of Educational Entrepreneurship, we contrast the ‘scatter-gun’ approach of the first three years with the more systematic approach adopted after the establishment of the IAPC in 1985.
