Peter Worley | Getting Deeper with Poetry

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.

Posted by on 3rd October 2016 at 12:00am


Category: Poetry, Philosophy, P4C, Education

Tags: Concept Box, Wordless books, Metaphor

World Poetry Day 2016

UNESCO marks World Poetry Day every year on the 21st March.

In celebrating World Poetry Day UNESCO recognises the unique ability of poetry to capture the creative spirit of the human mind.

The Philosophy Foundation use poetry to explore philosophy, and philosophy to explore poetry.

Posted by on 3rd March 2016 at 12:00am


Category: P4C, Philosophy, Poetry

Tags: Poetry, philosophy, P4C, Thoughtings, The Philosophy Shop

How to use poetry for philosophy enquiries

Pete explains how to use poetry in the classroom to get a philosophy discussion going.

Posted by on 9th October 2014 at 12:00am


Category: Poetry, Philosophy, P4C

Tags: National Poetry Day

Why poetry? Because poetry is like a TARDIS: paradoxical and much bigger on the inside.

Stories are great, but now Pete explains how to use poetry to stir up some philosophical controversies in the classroom.

Posted by on 1st October 2014 at 12:00am


Category: Poetry, Philosophy, P4C

Tags: National Poetry Day