Title: "I think therefore I participate": using a picture book in a philosophical inquiry with children and adults.
Abstract: The aim of the workshop is to introduce philosophy for children (P4C) to a wider audience. Philosophy for children (P4C) was first introduced by Matthew Lipman in the 1970s as an attempt to apply philosophy in schools. Lipman, inspired mainly by Platonic dialogues, the Socratic method and Dewey’s ideas on pragmatism, wrote a series of novels and accompanying manuals, so as to help teachers and children do philosophy in the classroom. The reason P4C was first introduced in the classroom was to develop children’s thinking skills, particularly their ability to think critically, creatively and caringly. The workshop will begin with a brief explanation as to what P4C is and what do we mean by words or phrases such as ‘stimuli’ and ‘community of inquiry’. Anecdotes from my personal experience from practising philosophy with children with a mixed group of adults and children in Newport will be also briefly presented. Then, attendants will have the opportunity to experience a P4C community of inquiry using a stimulus (in this case a picture book). The outcome of the workshop is to generate a philosophical debate and make the attendants realise that philosophising can be done not only through a formal academic process, but through dialoguing, exchanging and testing ideas as philosophy was first introduced in the Socratic tradition.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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