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Philosophy for Young Children Berys Gaut

Philosophy for Young Children By Berys Gaut

Philosophy for Young Children by Berys Gaut


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Philosophy for Young Children is a concise, practical guide for teachers. It contains detailed session plans for 36 philosophical enquiries that will enable them to introduce philosophy to their children quickly and with confidence.

Philosophy for Young Children Summary

Philosophy for Young Children: A Practical Guide by Berys Gaut

With this book, any teacher can start teaching philosophy to children today!

Co-written by a professor of philosophy and a practising primary school teacher, Philosophy for Young Children is a concise, practical guide for teachers. It contains detailed session plans for 36 philosophical enquiries - enough for a years work - that have all been successfully tried, tested and enjoyed with young children from the age of three upwards.

The enquiries explore a range of stimulating philosophical questions about fairness, the environment, friendship, inclusion, sharing, right and wrong, manners, beauty, pictures, the emotions, dreaming and reality. All the stories, drawings and photographs that youll need to carry out the enquiries are provided and can be used with your children directly from the book.

Each step-by step enquiry includes:

    • The philosophical topic and the aim of the enquiry
      • The stimuli youll need
        • Questions to ask the children
          • Possible answers to help move the discussion forward
            • Ideas to help you summarise and extend the enquiry.

              If you are an Early Years or primary school teacher, this complete resource will enable you to introduce philosophy to your children quickly and with confidence.

              About Berys Gaut

              Berys Gaut is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, UK.

              Morag Gaut is a teacher at Anstruther Primary School, Fife, UK.

              Table of Contents

              Introduction 1. Political Philosophy: Fairness and Rules * The Teddy Bears Picnic Fairness: Equality versus Need * Gavin Builds a Sandpit Fairness and Refusing to Help * The Animal Snack Sharing Fairly and Prudence * School Rules Obeying the Rules 2. Environmental Philosophy: Green Land, Waste and Recycling * Greenhill Village Use of Green Land * Emerald the Elephant Wasting Water * Benny the Bin Recycling 3. Social Philosophy: Friends and Relationships * Teddys Friends Characteristics of a Good Friend * William and Arthur Friendship and Sharing * Emma and Sally Cooperation * Maisie the Sheep Being Different from Others * Big Teddys New School Inclusion 4. Ethics: Virtues and Vices * Sams Kind Day Kindness * Kirsty Telling the Truth * The Magic Words Saying Thank You * Teddy Scrooge Giving Presents * The Selfish Hippo Selfishness * Charlotte the Lazy Caterpillar Laziness * Pancake the Greedy Rabbit Greed 5. Aesthetics: Beauty, Pictures and Stories * Beautiful Things Beauty * Cats Photographs and Drawings * A Walk on the Beach Fantasy and Realistic Stories * The Cave Monster Enjoying Scary Stories 6. Philosophy of Mind: Emotions, Beliefs and Persons * Patch and his Friends Anger * Rabbit and Mouse Fear * Happy Suzy Happiness * Sad Teddy Sadness * Andys Accident Pain * Giants Pretending and Believing * Isaac the Robot Persons * 7. Epistemology: Dreams and Illusions * Millys Bad Dream Things in Dreams Do Not Really Happen * Dreaming of School Are You Dreaming Now? * A Stick in the Water Visual Illusions * 8. Metaphysics: What is Real? * Angus the Cat Do the Animals in a Story Really Exist? * Numbers Are Numbers Real? * Theseuss Ship When are Things the Same? Further Reading

              Additional information

              NPB9780415619738
              9780415619738
              0415619734
              Philosophy for Young Children: A Practical Guide by Berys Gaut
              New
              Hardback
              Taylor & Francis Ltd
              2011-08-17
              128
              N/A
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