Whose question is it anyway?
Steven Campbell-Harris attended the SOPHIA conference in Portugal this month. Here's some of his thoughts on what went on. If you were there and would like to contribute further ideas to our blog, feel free to post a reply in the comments section, or get in touch with joe@philosophy-foundation.org
Posted by on 12th July 2017 at 12:00am
Category: Philosophy, P4C, Education
Young Philosophers edit news on election day
The Philosophy Foundation’s group of under privileged youngsters got to edit the news at The Guardian offices on the 9th of June. It was a long and rewarding day for all of us... starting off with some thought provoking enquiry: "the sun will rise tomorrow" is that a fact, or an opinion?
Posted by on 14th June 2017 at 12:00am
Category: Philosophy, P4C, Education
PhiE Circle
By combining the use of a Socratic Circle with the PhiE method the meta-aspect of the philosophical enquiry is deepened and a written aspect to the philosophy sessions can be introduced.
Posted by Peter Worley on 10th June 2017 at 12:00am
Category: Education, P4C, Philosophy
Iffing: inferencing
Pete outlines an important pedagogical distinction for anyone facilitating philosophical conversations out there, helping to answer the question: when should you use the strategy of 'iffing and anchoring' and when is 'anchoring' without iffing enough?
Posted by on 16th May 2017 at 12:00am
Category: Philosophy, Education
The Advice Circle
Pete offers us a new technique for engaging children with an 'Advice Circle'. The children get to narrate some of the story and then offer advice to the characters. This could work with younger and older pupils. Read the post for more. And if you want to use the enquiry that Pete describes to model the technique, click the link or head over to the Enquiries section of our website and look for 'The Ant and The Grasshopper'.
Posted by on 13th March 2017 at 12:00am
Category: Philosophy, P4C, Education
