This is the time that teachers and hopefully students, may start thinking about ‘revision’. Whilst I think it is important to teach things well in the first place, planning revision for an exam is important. Students will have so much to remember, this strategy has been based on what research suggests might be beneficial in this … More How to prepare for exams | missdcox
This is the time that teachers and hopefully students, may start thinking about ‘revision’. Whilst I think it is important to teach things well in the first place, planning revision for an exam is important. Students will have so much to remember, this strategy has been based on what research suggests might be beneficial in this … More How to prepare for exams | missdcox
Steve Hoggins, another longstanding TPF specialist tackles David’s and Pete’s arguments on teaching critical thinking in the classroom, offering an alternative suggestion for a ‘curious’ way of thinking that seeks to straddle the potential divide between increasing confidence and building the child’s capacity to withstand critical challenges. Continue reading at: http://ift.tt/2hltQPe
David Birch, a longstanding TPF philosophy specialist offers his thoughts on why it may be the case that teaching critical thinking in schools can go sour. He suggests the most important thing is to replace the commonplace non-thinking happening in our classrooms with a positive form of thinking. He advocates an idea of ‘confident thinking’ rather than ‘critical … More Critical Thinking vs Confident Thinking |
We took our group of Young Philosophers on their first trip of 2016-17 to conduct some philosophical explorations around London Bridge. We went to City Hall and the nearby Unicorn Theatre to watch a play called ‘Baddies: The Musical’. How do you know if you’re a good person? Is it OK to be bad in … More Young Philosophers on City Hall and Baddies |
Pete offers some practical advice on how to use dialogues to do philosophy with children. Utilising plays written with philosophy in mind by Paul Bodin, Tim Sprod and others he provides some comments on how this medium can act as a catalyst for enquiry and philosophical discussions. You can find some examples of plays by following … More Dialogues in philosophy with children |
Pieter Mostert is a practical philosopher, educational consultant and conversation specialist. He moved to South Africa in February 2013, where he facilitates different types of learning conversations, from home schooling to teacher training. He holds a PhD from Erasmus University, Rotterdam and is a specialist in making conversations pleasant, fruitful and lasting, under circumstances that may … Continue reading … More Pieter Mostert | On the value of debate and disagreement |
Recently, Peter Worley was interviewed by Laura Candiotto , a researcher at the University of Edinburgh for an Italian magazine. We have published the interview in full as she asks important questions about the methods of The Philosophy Foundation. Pete clarifies how TPF differs from other ways of doing philosophy with children and offers practical, … More Observations and anecdotes on facilitation of philosophy with children |
It’s National Poetry Day on Thursday 6th October 2016. Pete offers some suggestions for how you can tackle poetry in a philosophical way with your class. Continue reading at: http://ift.tt/2hloJij
On The Philosophy Foundation blog recently, we have seen posts by Pete Worley on the Hokey Kokey method, and Steven Campbell-Harris on his Kokey Hokey Method. This blog is from Tim Sprod author of Discussions in Sceince and Philosophical Discussions in Moral Education in response to these blogs. Continue reading at: http://ift.tt/2i5Vz5i
The RE and Philosophy Echo Chamber 