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Use written dialogues

Introduction

The philosophical novels of Matthew Lipman are perhaps best thought of as dialogues in the tradition of Plato, Hume and Denis Diderot. When thinking about material for stimulating classroom questioning and discussion, written dialogues have some benefits. Some of the dialogues could be written by pupils themselves. In summary,...

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