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Content tagged as 'Philosophy for Children'

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Considering AI in Developing P4C Faciliation Skills

Following a stimulating presentation at last year’s conference by Assistant Headteacher Adam Studee, our collaboration with Starlight explores how AI coaching can support facilitators.

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Philosophy for Teachers

In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB), join us for a weekend of philosophical conversation, with meals and accommodation included.

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Why we need to talk about thinking

The Commission on the Future of Oracy Education in England has published its report: ‘We need to talk’ which defends the value of oracy in preparing children and young people ‘to become citizens who can flourish, living happy and successful lives’.

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Meaningful Conversations

Recently, we partnered with Tooled Up Education and Emma Leeson wrote a ‘Wednesday Wisdom’ article for them about how as parents we can have meaningful and connected conversations with our children, to deepen thinking and enrich family relationships.

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P4C and the Power of Talk

Following the achievement of his school’s Bronze award, P4C Lead Mark Needham discusses his own discovery of P4C as a teacher, facilitator and leader; the process of successfully embedding the pedagogy across his whole school and the profound impact on children and colleagues.

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BREE – seeking to empower teachers to build pupil resilience to extremism

There have been a number of articles in the last couple of weeks about extreme views in the classroom, including misogyny on the BBC site, plus difficult and challenging subjects such as the Israel and Gaza conflict on the Guardian site.

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The utopian work of Philosophy for Children

Co-directors Grace Lockrobin and Emma Swinn delivered the final Keynote talk at the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain’s Conference on March 24th 2024. Here Grace gives an overview of their paper, a revised version of which will hopefully be published in a forthcoming edition of the Journal of Philosophy of Education

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Launching the SAPERE Social Impact Report

You can now discover more about SAPERE’s charitable work – our vision, our impact, how we are benefiting enquiring minds for the good of all – in the SAPERE Social Impact Report 2022-2023.

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