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Peter Worley

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Peter Worley BA MA FRSA was born in the Midlands but grew up in the West Country. He failed at school the first time around and so had to do it all again later. He worked as a guitar teacher for many years before completing a philosophy degree in 2000 at UCL an MA in 2002 at Birkbeck and beginning a PhD at KCL in 2010. His interest in philosophy and teaching brought him to the world of philosophy with children and he developed his own approach to doing philosophical enquiry in the classroom called the PhiE method and this is described in his first book 'The If Machine' (Bloomsbury 2011). The book has been well received and has proved to be a must-have resource for teachers wanting to philosophise with their classes. Peter is also the author ...more

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Big Ideas For Little Kids: Teaching Philosophy Through Children's Literature by Thomas E. Wartenberg

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Really excited to find a new book on philosophy with children that is written by a philosopher. Looking forward to getting a raft of new resources that I can use with (particularly) the younger children. This book looks very much like it's going to do it! The session I've Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 11, 2013 14:17 • Tags: metaphysics-kids, p4c, philosophy-games, philosophy-in-schools, philosophy-with-children

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	The If Machine: Philosophical Enquiry in the Classroom 4.28 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Philosophy Foundation: The Philosophy Shop (Hardback)- Ideas, activities and questions to get people, young and old, thinking philosophically by Peter Worley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Peter Adamson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Angela Hunter Hobbs (Contributor) 4.42 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The If Odyssey: A Philosophical Journey Through Greek Myth and Storytelling for 8-16 Year-Olds 4.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	40 lessons to get children thinking: Philosophical thought adventures across the curriculum really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Corrupting Youth (Big Ideas for Young Thinkers) (VOLUME 1) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The If Machine, 2nd edition: 30 Lesson Plans for Teaching Philosophy by Peter Worley (Goodreads Author), Tamar Levi (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Philosophy Foundation: Thoughtings- Puzzles, Problems and Paradoxes in Poetry to Think with by Peter Worley (Goodreads Author), Andrew Day 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon an If: The Storythinking Handbook by Peter Worley (Goodreads Author), Tamar Levi liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Corrupting Youth: How to Facilitate Philosophical Enquiry, Volume 2 by Peter Worley (Goodreads Author), Thomas E Wartenberg (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tænk Højt med dine elever it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo)

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“The status of philosophy is such that it is not the case that you cannot be wrong in philosophy but that it is very difficult to be right. (p.12)”
― Peter Worley, The If Machine: Philosophical Enquiry in the Classroom

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“The status of philosophy is such that it is not the case that you cannot be wrong in philosophy but that it is very difficult to be right. The questions in philosophy are often the questions that remain unanswered by other disciplines such as science or religion - not necessarily because they have failed to answer these questions but that the kind of question that is typically philosophical in character is the kind of question these subjects are not equipped to answer." p.12”
― Peter Worley, The If Machine: Philosophical Enquiry in the Classroom

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