the philosophy man
Chelmsford,
Contact Jason on 01245 830123If children don't learn to talk confidently to
groups in their primary years, it's unlikely they ever will. It impacts their
learning and their potential. And with the ever-increasing pressure from above,
genuine opportunities for face-to-face dialogue and independent thinking can be
squeezed out. Our mission to is empower teachers to find the opportunities for
independent thinking in their existing curriculum. We work with many schools
that have already tried Philosophy for Children and we're often told “We value
P4C, but we want to make it happen. How can we embed it into our curriculum?"
Our unique approach, Philosophy Circles, encourages the facilitator to ask the
first question, so the discussion gets started faster. The children’s own
questions are still important, but they emerge through discussion. It makes it
more fast-paced and versatile for use across the curriculum. Handouts from
training courses often sit in the "INSET graveyard'. It's full of ideas that
sounded great on the day but which never quite got passed on to colleagues. So
we provide minibooks with busy teachers in mind, and following the course our
huge range of resources means there's every support for you and colleagues
continue using P4C regularly.
