Questions and Answers
Activities to help children think about what makes good questions and how to answer them.
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Activities to help children think about what makes good questions and how to answer them.
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Subscribe today!Exercises to explore 'truth by definition', 'truth from evidence', and 'the whole truth'.
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Subscribe today!An activity to help children become aware of generalisation, its uses and abuses.
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Subscribe today!Two exercises on inferring, the act of thinking beyond what is given.
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Subscribe today!Two exercises on using the word 'probably' and the links to inductive reasoning.
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Subscribe today!Some exercises to help pupils think about the different roles people play
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Subscribe today!When do we change our minds and why?
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Subscribe today!A futuristic role play to investigate some approaches to ethics. Pupils could investigate their own questions stimulated by the role play.
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Subscribe today!Some lesson ideas to use with a popular picture book by Anthony Browne. The activities have been tried with pupils in year 3–6 but could be adapted for younger or older pupils.
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Subscribe today!Benefits of choosing a written dialogue as a stimulus and of having pupils write dialogues .
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Subscribe today!A story about how a new dam threatens the way of life, and livelihoods, of villagers downstream. Includes ideas for enquiries.
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Subscribe today!A open-ended dialogue about sharing and fairness. A group of teenagers are planning a hiking trip. How should they share the load?
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Subscribe today!A open-ended dialogue about fairies and reality.
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Subscribe today!A man searches for and finds a way to live forever but is chased by death. Story and ideas for a discussion about morality and fate with KS2 children.
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Subscribe today!A story about a cynical dragon, unimpressed by the do-gooding antics of the knight in shining armour about to slay it.
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Subscribe today!The story of a good king who, against the wishes of his people, decides to give his powers away to them.
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Subscribe today!A girl's father uses an invention to find a replacement for an old friend - with exactly the same personality. Story and suggestions for exploring the nature of friendship.
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Subscribe today!Advice, methods and photocopiable materials to assist philosophical dialogue with pupils aged 10 and over.
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Subscribe today!A teenager dreams he is discussing his future with versions of himself from the past and the future. Story and ideas for a discussion of personal decision-making.
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Subscribe today!This year, 2008, is 15 years on from the murder of Stephen Lawrence. This edition of Newswise from 1999 marks the event and still gives us plenty to think about .
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Subscribe today!Lesson ideas for the story 'Frog and Toad Together' by Arnold Lobel.
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Subscribe today!An original and amusing story to explore the concepts of fairness, equal treatment and difference.
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Subscribe today!A (very) abridged version of Descartes' classic philosophical text for use with p4c classes.
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