Philosophy In The Classroom: Improving Your Pupils' Thinking Skills And Motivating Them To Learn

Philosophy in the Classroom Ever had difficulty inspiring your children to consider and discuss philosophical concepts? Philosophy in the Classroom helps teachers tap in to children’s natural wonder and curiosity. The practical lesson plans, built around Aesop’s fables, encourage children to formulate and express their own points of view, enabling you to lead rich and rewarding philosophical discussions in the primary classroom. This highly practical and engaging classroom companion: • • • • Prompts students to consider serious moral issues in an imaginative and stimulating way. Uses Aesop’s fables as a springboard to pose challenging questions about the issues raised. Provides 15 key themes including happiness, wisdom, self-reliance and judging others as the basis for classroom discussion. Uses powerful and creative drawings to illustrate activities and photocopiable resources. Philosophy in the Classroom is an invaluable resource for any primary school teacher wanting to engage their students in meaningful philosophical reflection and discussion. Ron Shaw has many years of classroom experience and is the author of more than 40 books helping primary and secondary school students to improve their thinking skills. Philosophy in the Classroom Improving your pupils’ thinking skills and motivating them to learn Ron Shaw First published 2003 by Curriculum Corporation, Australia This edition published 2008 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2007. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2008 Ron Shaw All rights reserved. The purchase of this copyright material confers the right on the purchasing institution to photocopy pages 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54 and 58 only. No other part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Shaw, Ron. Philosophy in the classroom: improving your pupils’ thinking skills and motivating them to learn / Ron Shaw. p. cm. 1. C