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Why we support the use of journals at home and in school? Sometimes, proven methods of dealing with important issues can be taken for granted. That’s can be the case for using journals as ‘thinking tools’. So, we put together this resource to help you encourage the young people in your life to never stop … Read more
In their guide to philosophy in schools, Matthew Lipman, Ann Sharp and Frederic Oscanyan say this: Getting students to engage in philosophical dialogue is an art. As with any art, some knowledge is a prerequisite – in this case, the teacher should possess an understanding of when it is appropriate to intervene in the discussion … Read more
I’m pretty sure that parenting today is far more busy than at any other times in human history. Conversely, advice for busy parents must be at an all-time high. At the heart of the busyness is the unprecedented amount of information with which parents deal. This is a result, of course, of ever-increasing internet speeds. … Read more
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Jennie [Vine] and I working with the teachers in a similar way to the way we expect the teachers to work with the children. We have coaching conversations according to what we know about them as teachers and where they are in their thinking and in their skills and in their abilities.
Aren’t dreams about dealing with the tough stuff? As a child, Clare relates how Roald Dahl books enabled her imagination to take on death and other tough topics. Dahl’s characters are on the edge of the most perilous moments, as their pain transforms into an acute awareness for the reader how children seek out loving … Read more
Children are natural philosophers from the time they start demandingly asking ‘Why?’ So perhaps it’s helpful to ask who are philosophers. The source of online wisdom, Wikipedia, informs us that the term “philosopher” comes from the Ancient Greek, φιλόσοφος (philosophos), meaning “lover of wisdom”. … In a modern sense, a philosopher is an intellectual who has contributed … Read more
The 1998 primary arts publication I worked on, which brought together a number of cross-curricular arts project for primary schools, is pictured on the right. As the resource was commissioned by five arts education associations, it was my role as chair of the joint committee to oversee the collection of exemplars of arts projects in … Read more