Author name: Tom Bigglestone

Great discussions happen when the question causes participants to feel torn between two or more competing answers. It’s particularly rewarding to see a child pause to contemplate which road in the fork to take, usually with a bewildered, scrunched expression. Conversely, a discussion dies a death when the question is too much of a pushover. […]

In this penultimate issue of your quick-start series, three activities inspired by Thinking Moves A-Z, a book we’ve cowritten with Roger Sutcliffe, who conceived a novel way to embed metacognition in everyday teaching and learning.  The 26 moves make metacognition simple and understandable for all. The simple framework gives children a vocabulary for their thinking, so they

A.I. is probably the hottest topic in philosophy at the moment. So this week, a brand new activity specially developed for yesterday’s Year 10 Philosophy day at Harris Academy Morden. Stimulus: SunoI warmed groups up with a few questions about AI writing stories and making pictures, taken from previous resources we’ve made on the topic, but you