Enhancing the P4C Experience

James Nottingham www.p4c.comwww.jamesnottingham.co.uk

The aim of a thinking skills programme

such as P4C is not to turn children into

philosophers but to help them become more thoughtful,

more reflective, more considerate and more

reason-able individuals

P4C – Created by Matthew Lipman

1. The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing

6. By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher

4. It is not living that matters, but living rightly

3. Wisdom begins in wonder

2. The unexamined life is not worth living

5. True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us

Quotes from Socrates (469 – 399 BC)

Values underpinning P4C

Less … Rodin’s Thinker More … Knights of the Round

Table

The four C’s of P4C

Collaborative

Caring

Critical

Creative

Community

Inquiry

of

Standing up

game Repeat what

someone else said Paraphrase what

someone else said Add to what

someone else said

Creating a Community of Inquiry

From www.p4c.comP4C Craft

Kriticos = able to make judgments

Critical Thinking

Comes from the Greek, Kriticos

Meaning: able to make judgments

Source: www.etymonline.com

Conflict Within a Person’s Mind

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Colliding concepts

Truth and Opinion

Biodegradable and Reusable

Hero and Villain

Happy and Content

Dreams and Daydreams

Decision and Order

Child and Youth

Lies and Make-believe

Toys and Books

Karma and Revenge

What is a chair?

Just because you can’t define something, doesn’t mean you won’t recognise it when

you see it.Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ranking to identify best answers

Play together

Know each other well

Understand each other

Like each other

Keep secrets

Trust each other

Friends …

War

Sport

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Coming out of the Pit with Venn Diagrams

Concept Stretcher Cartoons

www.jamesnottingham.co.uk

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