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Philosophy for Children P4C

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What is it?

It is well documented that P4C has an impact on children's cognitive, social and emotional development. P4C is about getting children to think and communicate well; to think better for themselves.

Why teach thinking?

  • Learning how to learn is the key to lifelong learning.
  • Thinking is needed for a healthy society – being reasonable – able to reason!
  • Thinking helps all other aspects of life.
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How does it work?

P4c lessons follow a basic structure which supports the children's ability to develop and deepen their thinking.

  1. They are shown a stimulus, such as a story book, short film or piece of art.
  2. They identify concepts within the stimulus
  3. They form philosophical questions from these concepts
  4. As a community they decide upon their preferred question
  5. They hold an enquiry/discussion
  6. They are given the opportunity to reflect on their thoughts

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