Philosophy in School
As well as our own resources, here is a selection of books written by other philosophy in school practitioners and theorists which we think are really helpful for getting philosophy into the classroom.
Something to Prove: philosophy, community of inquiry & creative thinking by Andrea Monteath
The Little Book of Thunks by Ian Gilbert
Philosophy for Young Children by Berys Gaut & Morag Gaut
20 Thinking Tools by Philip Cam
Teaching Ethics in Schools by Philip Cam
Think Again: A Philosophical Approach to Teaching by John Taylor
Childhood, Education and Philosophy by Walter Kohan
Games for Thinking by Robert Fisher
Philosophy in Schools (ed) Michael Hand & Carrie Winstanley
Philosophy for Children through the secondary curriculum (ed) Lizzy Lewis & Nick Chandley
Philosophy in the Classroom by Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp & Frederik S Oscanyan
Transforming Thinking Philosophical Inquiry in the Primary and Secondary Classroom by Catherine McCall
Picture Books, Pedagogy and Philosophy by Joanna Haynes & Karin Murris
Plato Was Wrong by David Shapiro
Discussions in Science by Tim Sprod
Big Ideas for Little Kids by Thomas E Wartenberg
Philosophy for Kids by David White
The Philosophical Child by Jana Mohr Lone
Philosophy in Education: Questioning and Dialogue in School by Jana Mohr Lone & Michael D Burroughs
Discussion Questions for Doing Philosophy Using Literature, Centre for Philosphy for Children, Washington University (Website)
