The If Machine

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The If Machine

Philosophical Enquiry in the Classroom

Primary and middle schools

Author: Peter Worley

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Language: English

Published by: Bloomsbury Continuum

Published on: 19 December 2010

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 216 pages

ISBN: 9781441192288


Overview

Each session in this practical book offers an imaginary situation, followed by a series of questions to encourage children to challenge key philosophical ideas such as values and ethics, gender and identity, and existence and beauty.

All the enquiries have been tried and tested, and a handy star system is included to indicate the difficulty level of each one.

With a comprehensive introduction and key sections on the philosophy behind the experiments, this book also includes an online teacher's resource to guide practitioners through using the sessions to best effect in the classroom.

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