Workshop 11: Philosophy and Workshop 11: Philosophy and SustainabilitySustainability

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Philosophy for Children Putting enquiry at the heart of the

educational process Development of life skills enabling

contribution to a pluralistic societyMaking connections Respecting other’s ideas

Empathising Listening Building on Concepts Teacher as the facilitator – Socratic

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‘Philosophy helps you listen, think and talk’ KS2 pupil at

Newbridge House

What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?

What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?

1. Community building activity

2. Stimulus

2. Stimulus

Source: CDEC’s Exploring Values pack

What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?

What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?

3. Thinking time and question generation

 

Should everyone have a say in what

happens to the world? (Year 5)

Should we go back to how it

was in the olden days?

(Year 5)

Do we really need to lose our natural habitats and our history to make progress? Year 6 and

adults

What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?

What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?

4. Dialogue

What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?

What is a community of Philosophical Enquiry?

5. Debrief

1. Aesthetics1. Aesthetics

Can rubbish be organised

artistically to be beautiful?

What is beauty?

Can leaves be ugly?

2. Ethics2. Ethics

Do we need to share? (Year 5)

Should we pay for things that are

essential?

4. 4. MetaphysicsMetaphysics

Branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world - two key questions: ‘what is there?’ and, ‘what is it like?’

Why do people see places as

special?

Does having lots of food make you

happy?

Do we really see what is there?

3. 3. EpistemologEpistemolog

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The branch of philosophy that studies knowledge – what distinguishes true (adequate) knowledge from false (inadequate) knowledge?

Can we have litter in nature?

5. Logic5. Logic

Why do some places have to be

rich and some poor?

If you are scared of something does that mean

you don’t like it?

Can you be working hard if you are doing

something easy?

Is it fair to do something unfair, for a reason?

More typical you see logic in answering a question

Kant

Who am I?Who am I?

What can I hope?What can I hope?

What should I do?What should I do?

What can I know?What can I know?

Forthcoming CPDForthcoming CPD

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kk20th June, Global Teachers Award (full day) Low Wood Hotel(accredited by Liverpool Hope University)Philosophy for Children Level 1 course (validated by SAPERE)

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A wide range of resources to loan and to buyPractical classroom/outdoor based sessions

delivered by CDEC staff