Many around the world have exercised their right to protest in the past week. So in this bulletin, a P4C stimulus to explore the concept of protest itself. It can be used as a stand-alone session, or as part of Citizenship/PSHE. To provide a way in, the attached dialogue raises the idea of having to pay to […]
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We’re often asked for ideas to deepen pupils’ thinking. For tactics to move their discussions on from interesting chat to richer philosophical dialogue. One way is show a ‘bad example’ of philosophy. Perhaps where a particular skill is absent, or where participants are locking horns on a concept without actually defining it. It’s
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Like any lesson, a P4C session can drift and lose focus. It can be down to a range of factors, most beyond our control: tiredness, the weather, post-lunch sugar-rushes, post-lunch sugar-crashes . . . There’s also none of those traditional trappings that make up half the battle when it becomes to behaviour: lesson plans, seating
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