Teaching Thinking

by Robert Fisher

This fully updated second edition is a sourcebook of ideas to help teachers, students and others interested in education to understand and engage in philosophical enquiry with children. It illustrates how philosophical discussion can help to promote critical thinking as well as the moral and social values essential for citizenship in a democratic society. It shows how a community of enquiry can be created in any classroom, enriching learning across the whole curriculum.

Genres: Education, Teaching

296 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Stuart Macalpine · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good, or at least reasonable introduction to philosophy for children. Most striking was the alignment to cognitive coaching and adaptive schools and also to Lynn Erickson's work on essential questions; work on Inquiry based learning; and morning meeting. This feels like it was written for our community.

[Graham · Rating 4 out of 5]

got this book through an article in the Gifted and Talented newsletter... and the idea of stories being used to teach kids to think is an old one.... but seeing it put into place is nice to get an idea of pitch and placement.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brilliant read for P4C -4*