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Philosophy for Children (P4C)
Will Ord & James Nottingham
www.p4c.com www.sapere.org.uk
The aim of a thinking
skills programme
such as P4C is not to
turn children into
philosophers but to
help them become
more thoughtful,
more reflective, more
considerate and
more reason-able
individuals
P4C – Created by Matthew Lipman
The four C’s of P4C
Collaborative
Caring
Critical
Creative
Community
Inquiry
of
What might these 3 ½ year olds gain from P4C?
youtube.com/Jabulani4
An Ethos for Learning
Not all of our questions
answered …
… but all of our answers
questioned
Novice Beginner Proficient
Competent Expert
The Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition
Basis
for
Action
Need routines
Can read
the context
 Need generalised rules and structures as a guide
 Quality management systems can be very helpful
 If something goes wrong, blame the system or senior people
Little personal responsibility in this context
Novice: rule-governed behaviour
Beginner: hungering for certainty
 Starting to notice patterns
 Wishing things were more predictable
 Looking for “the book” or “the expert” to provide the answers
 Feel limited personal responsibility
 Efficient and organised
 Can assess relative importance and urgency
 Can readily describe and explain actions
 Feel personal responsibility for outcomes
Competent: planned & analytical
Proficient: strategic and able to read context
 Seldom surprised, have learned what to expect
 Have organised knowledge into wise sayings
 Sometimes forget to explain complexities of the big picture to
analytical competent colleagues
 Rapid, fluid, involved, intuitive type of behaviour
Highly intuitive, based on huge store of wisdom
Great capacity to handle the unexpected
Highly nuanced behaviour, very context specific
Often there are no words to describe expert
performance, and often it is subconscious anyway
Hard to fit this into quality systems
Performance drops if generalised rules are imposed
Usually does not make for good teaching of novices,
but great for teaching competent people
Expert: right thing at the right time
Facts and Concepts
Fact Paris is the
capital of France
Concept (Capital) cities
Knowledge
Understanding
What concepts can be inferred from this Banksy piece?
Example question starters
What is … playing?
How do we know what is …
What if …
Always or never
When would …
What is the difference between …
Is it possible to …
Who decides what is …
Should we …
Socratic questions
Are you saying that …?
Can you give us an example of …?
Why do you say that …?
What reasons support your idea?
Are you assuming that …?
What would happen if …?
How could we look at this in a different way?
What alternatives are there to this?
Wouldn’t that mean that …?
What are the consequences of that?
Clarify
Reasons
Assumptions
Viewpoints
Effects
Scandinavians talk about ‘curling parents’
The Learning Challenge
Clarity
Confusion
1. Concept
2. Conflict
2
1
ANALYSE
ANTICIPATE
APPLY
CAUSAL-
LINK
CHOOSE
CLASSIFY
COMPARE
CONNECT
CONTRAST
DECIDE
DEFINE
DESCRIBE
DETERMINE
DISCUSS
ELABORATE
ESTIMATE
EVALUATE
EXEMPLIFY
EXPLORE
GENERALISE
GIVE
EXAMPLES
GIVE
REASONS
GROUP
HYPOTHESI
SE
IDENTIFY
INFER
INTERPRET
ORGANISE
PARAPHRA
SE
PREDICT
QUESTION
RANK
REPRESEN
T
RESPOND
SEQUENCE
SIMPLIFY
SHOW HOW
SOLVE
SORT
SUMMARISE
SUPPORT
TEST
VERIFY
VISUALISE
A selection of thinking skills
Being in the pit represents cognitive conflict
Stealing
is wrong
Robin Hood
was right
If A = B then
Does B = A?
Friend Trust
Trust Friend
For example …
Wobblers (If A = B)
Eureka moments come from challenge
Clarity
Confusion
1. Concept
2. Conflict
3. Construct
2
1
3
Kriticos = able to make judgements
Critical Thinking
Comes from the Greek,
Kriticos
Meaning: able to make
judgements
Source:
www.etymonline.com
Rank order should not matter … Progress is the key to learning
92
85
73
64
43
32
90
86
78
70
41
35
90
85
84
78
40
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Download slides from …
www.challenginglearning.com
Resources for inquiry from:
www.p4c.com
@JamesNottinghm
www.facebook.com/C
hallengingLearning

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