Children as Philosophers: Learning Through Enquiry and Dialogue in the Primary Classroom

by Haynes; Joanna

• ISBN13: 9780415446808
• ISBN10: 0415446805
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This fully revised second edition suggests ways in which you can introduce philosophical enquiry to your Personal, Social and Health Education and Citizenship teaching and across the curriculum.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. ix
Preface to Second Edition	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Voices from the classroom	p. 5
Thought-provoking conversations	p. 7
Making room for children to participate	p. 15
Thinking about thinking	p. 25
A distinctive approach to thinking through dialogue	p. 27
What kind of thinking are we teaching?	p. 39
Thinking, democracy and citizenship	p. 53
Teaching through enquiry and dialogue	p. 61
Encouraging listening	p. 63
Respecting children's ideas	p. 72
Relaxing, meditating and being silent	p. 79
Feeling for the philosophical	p. 93
Working with different age groups	p. 105
Holding and extending threads of thinking	p. 113
Planning and monitoring progress in enquiry	p. 122
The benefits of philosophy with children	p. 131
Developing teaching skills through philosophy	p. 133
Thinking and learning in the whole curriculum	p. 144
What difference can philosophy make to children's learning?	p. 155
References	p. 164
Index	p. 171
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