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365DaysOfPhilosophy 66 - Book Resource The Philosophy Shop
As I did an interview earlier this month on Philosophy for Children (P4C), you might be wondering what other efforts exist to encourage a philosophical mindset in the younger years. One such book is The Philosophy Shop: Ideas, activities and questions to get people, young and old, thinking philosophically by Peter Worley.
This does nod to the practice of P4C, but has the following:
Some recommend enlisting the children to formulate and select questions (Philosophy for Children, or P4C) and others recommend the use of carefully constructed questions that are put to the children, such as the start and further questions in this book. The Philosophy Shop can, in some cases, be used in either way, but it should be noted that many of the examples have been carefully selected for their philosophical focus. By allowing the children to choose their own questions the focus may be lost. Having said that, many more interesting philosophical questions may be discovered by the children when they formulate their own questions based upon their concerns and interests… a balance between the two approaches is probably the best, so that the focus is preserved but the participants guide the discussions within the remit of the focus.
The Philosophy Foundation has its own method of philosophical inquiry they call PhiE, which involves presenting a stimulus material, asking a start question, allowing discussion and then a group inquiry on that question, before engaging with further questions if necessary. As a strategy, this is certainly more teacher-focused than student, and may have drawbacks in terms of removing the independent input of students to begin with.
However, I found this to be a very well-resourced book and it’d be a great start for anyone interested in getting into philosophical inquiry in the classroom. One of the benefits of many resources like this existing, is that it’s a package within itself to start with. There’s further resources by Peter Worley that I’d like to check out, based on the experience of this book.
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As I did an interview earlier this month on Philosophy for Children (P4C), you might be wondering what other efforts exist to encourage a philosophical mindset in the younger years. One such book is The Philosophy Shop: Ideas, activities and questions to get people, young and old, thinking philosophically by Peter Worley.
This does nod to the practice of P4C, but has the following:
Some recommend enlisting the children to formulate and select questions (Philosophy for Children, or P4C) and others recommend the use of carefully constructed questions that are put to the children, such as the start and further questions in this book. The Philosophy Shop can, in some cases, be used in either way, but it should be noted that many of the examples have been carefully selected for their philosophical focus. By allowing the children to choose their own questions the focus may be lost. Having said that, many more interesting philosophical questions may be discovered by the children when they formulate their own questions based upon their concerns and interests… a balance between the two approaches is probably the best, so that the focus is preserved but the participants guide the discussions within the remit of the focus.
The Philosophy Foundation has its own method of philosophical inquiry they call PhiE, which involves presenting a stimulus material, asking a start question, allowing discussion and then a group inquiry on that question, before engaging with further questions if necessary. As a strategy, this is certainly more teacher-focused than student, and may have drawbacks in terms of removing the independent input of students to begin with.
However, I found this to be a very well-resourced book and it’d be a great start for anyone interested in getting into philosophical inquiry in the classroom. One of the benefits of many resources like this existing, is that it’s a package within itself to start with. There’s further resources by Peter Worley that I’d like to check out, based on the experience of this book.