ABSTRACT

How do you protect young minds from the everyday bombardment of "tabloid culture" – the malign cultural influences which are so prevalent in today’s society? Originally published in 1997, stimulating and actively developing children’s philosophical and critical thinking is one answer and an area in which Victor Quinn had enjoyed extraordinary success. Here he conveys to teachers, through successful lesson plans, some of the ideas and techniques that lie behind his achievements, helping them to succeed in this vital area of education. for teachers of early years, primary and early secondary school pupils.

part A|1 pages

Lesson plans and analyses

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|13 pages

Learning about contradictions

chapter 3|5 pages

What is the world?

chapter 4|21 pages

Tales and the Shoplifting Tale

chapter 5|6 pages

A lesson of questions

chapter 6|10 pages

In praise of falsity

chapter 7|10 pages

An experience of INSET

part B|1 pages

Process

chapter 8|4 pages

Educative questioning

chapter 9|10 pages

The social intellectual virtues

chapter 10|16 pages

Visualising problems and solutions

chapter 11|5 pages

A quarrel and four arguments

chapter 12|4 pages

Climate and pedagogy

chapter 13|4 pages

Some theoretical perspectives

chapter 14|3 pages

Quality assessment: quality display