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Religious Studies

Religious Studies. PHILOSOPHY for CHILDREN P4C P for C. What is Philosophy?. In Philosophy, children learn HOW to think, not WHAT to think. What is philosophy?. It’s about ‘learning to think for yourself through thinking with others.’ (P4C.com)

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Religious Studies

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  1. Religious Studies PHILOSOPHY for CHILDREN P4C P for C

  2. What is Philosophy? In Philosophy, children learn HOW to think, not WHAT to think

  3. What is philosophy? • It’s about ‘learning to think for yourself through thinking with others.’ (P4C.com) • ‘Give children a thought and they’ll learn for a day. Teach them to think and they’ll learn for a lifetime.’ ( David Hyerle)

  4. The History • Dr. Matthew Lipman started a project in the 1960s teaching philosophy at Columbia University, New York. • He feared schools were turning children into passive learners who expected to be told what to think. • He felt the school system was providing poor preparation for further learning and for life itself.

  5. Dr Matthew Lipman: • Wanted to use the discipline of philosophy as a positive tool, to help children become more intellectually energetic, curious, critical, creative and reasonable. • He emphasised the crucial importance of questioning or enquiry in the development of reasoning. • ‘We teach children how to speak, so why not teach them how to think?’

  6. The Community of Enquiry • P4C taps into the natural curiosity and sense of awe and wonder of the child. • There needs to be calm and an element of trust between children and teacher. • Collaboration needs to be encouraged. • It enables caring and is an excellent social skills tool thinking of and about others.

  7. P4C is a practical philosophy • It is not theoretical … it is about the process of thinking. • Exploring philosophical questions through open-ended questioning where the dialogue and reflective thinking are crucial … it is not the teaching of facts. • For a child to reach full potential developing thinking skills are crucial.

  8. Strengths In the world of the future, our economic well-being will become more dependent upon having people who can think things through, reason competently and judge well.

  9. How to encourage thinking skills … • Effective questioning • Using non-verbal signals • Encouraging children to think for themselves • Building confidence and trust • Through dialogue We must give children TIME to think and we must CHALLENGE them to think.

  10. Emotional Intelligence • A child’s life is affected, not only by IQ but also by emotional intelligence. P4C can develop: • Self awareness • Self regulation • Motivation • Empathy • Social skills

  11. Good Citizens • We want our children to be educated well but also good citizens. HONEST, RELIABLE, CARING, HARD-WORKING and CONSCIENTIOUS

  12. Spiritual Intelligence • Havingvisions and values • Seeing the unity of things around us • Being independent, making good judgements in life. • Being spontaneously adaptive, able to learn as situations evolve or develop

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