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 […]
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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
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This week, a session we created for a recent demonstration lesson at Chigwell School in Essex. It began as something for young children but has developed into an enquiry that challenges all ages. In this last month we’ve trained over 450 teachers and worked with over 1100 children. Interested in us coming to your school?
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