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 […]
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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
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This week, a worked example of how to juice your topic for fantastic philosophical questions. And scroll down to learn more about a really exciting three-day P4C extravaganza in May that’s open to all. Digs, Hoards and Treasures! Thank you to staff at Mountfield Heath School, with whom I spent Monday, for their role in
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