Pocket PAL: Creating Enquiring Minds - Softcover

Stanley, Sara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855391074 ISBN 13: 9781855391079

Publisher: Network Continuum, 2006

Synopsis

Inspiring, intelligent and practical, this user-friendly guide provides a wonderful introduction to using P4C (Philosophy for Children) in primary schools. This extremely accessible book provides an introduction to philosophy for children. It explains how you can encourage children to ask the right questions, reason effectively, think for themselves, and begin to understand more about themselves and the world around them.

• It explains how you can encourage children to explore 'big questions'.
  
• Inspiring and intelligent, with clearly presented, practice-based examples.
  
• Fun and engaging activities that work right across the curriculum.

About this title

About the Author

Sara Stanley is an Advanced Skills teacher, specialising in philosophy, role play and literacy in the Early Years. She is on Norfolk LEA's working party for early years publications in literacy and role play, and has contributed to the Conram Institute's Listening to Young Children project. Having studied under Karin Murris, Roger Sutcliffe and Joanna Haynes, Sara has practiced philosophy for children for many years and now delivers training with colleague Maria Cornish. Together they set up the East Anglian branch of the Society for the Advancement of Philosophical Enquiry and Reflection in Education (SAPERE).

Edition details

• Publisher: Network Continuum
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1855391074
• ISBN 13: 9781855391079
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96