Author name: Tom Bigglestone

This week, a stimulus and menu of questions co-created last Wednesday with a class new to P4C. To connect with their topic – Forces – I showed them the music video for “This too shall pass” by OK Go. It follows a huge Rube Goldberg machine from first domino to last splat. It really needs […]

Moral dilemmas tap into our intuitive senses of right, wrong, fairness, and justice. They also encourage us to weigh up contextual factors like consequence, time and motives. Philosopher Rushworth Kidder believed there are four types of moral dilemma. This week, explore Truth vs Loyalty, and Justice vs Mercy; next week, Individual vs Community and Short

One of the questions we hear most often from all teachers, but especially those of younger children, is, “How can I get round them all saying the same thing?” So, this week, seven Parrot Preventers to help children come up with their own reasons, rather than repeating what’s already been said. First, details of our