ABSTRACT
This practical resource shows how creative and philosophical thinking can be developed in the everyday classroom. Part one describes the authors evolving ideas and practices of creative and philosophical thinking. Part two gives details about why these are seen as important, how to get going and suggests some ideas on how you might want to develop these practices further. This publication will help you develop: * Playful and experimental thinking outside the box * The ability of your children to pose questions that are important to them and create answers that are reasoned and reasonable * Children's awareness and appreciation of themselves and others as knowledge creators * Children's confidence and ability to challenge their own thinking and the status quo * Children's ability to create options for themselves within constraints and to be open to opportunities * Children's learning to learn about themselves * Teacher's researching to understand and improve their own practice
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|29 pages
The Background
part 2|44 pages
Developing Children's Thinking with a Purpose
chapter Chapter 4|10 pages
Developing the Ability of Children to Pose Questions that are Important to them and to Create Answers
chapter Chapter 5|7 pages
Developing Children's Awareness and Appreciation of themselves and Others as Knowledge Creators
chapter Chapter 6|7 pages
Children Developing the Confidence and Ability to Challenge their own Thinking and the Status Quo
chapter Chapter 7|8 pages
Being Able to Create Opportunities within Constraints, Creating and Being Open to Opportunities
part 3|54 pages
And Then…?