The Believing and Doubting Game
A game, or activity, to develop critical thinking in group dialogue, reading and writing.
In this area, you will find a collection of practical ideas on all aspects of doing philosophy with children such as: helping pupils create questions, pushing for depth in dialogue and planning for progression. These tried-and-tested ideas will not only give you food for thought as you plan your p4c classes and curricula, they will also help you to make your p4c teaching more varied and effective.
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A game, or activity, to develop critical thinking in group dialogue, reading and writing.
A simple circle game to focus a group before an enquiry.
Ideas for directed "small talk" to make small group discussions more productive.
A simple but flexible session structure that can be adapted for use in many contexts.
An e-book with 14 activities to enliven your P4C sessions. There are short thinking games, ideas for role plays and routines you can adapt for mini-enquiries and follow-ups.
Benefits of choosing a written dialogue as a stimulus and of having pupils write dialogues .