This week, a P4C resource on beauty and imperfection, inspired by planning a session on Japan for a class at South Hampstead Junior School on Wednesday. Wabi-Sabi (侘寂) and Finding Beauty in Imperfection It’s said to be difficult to translate wabi-sabi into English, due to it’s deep meaning and rich history. Any website that claims to […]
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This week, a session that went especially well with a Year 2 class at Jason’s annual visit to Stivichall school a few weeks ago. It’s an application of “Sides Then Selves”, getting the class to first argue from two given points of view, and then to switch to deciding what they themselves think. It’s one
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This week, our Christmas special P4C resource. We love making these, and you can find our previous editions at www.thephilosophyman.com/christmas. This time, it’s a futuristic stimulus inspired by a devilishly juicy conundrum included in this year’s Ethics Cup Regional Case Set (authored by Andew Knospe and the National High School Ethics Bowl). We’ve given it a first-person twist
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