Wondering: Philosophy for Children 1 - Couverture souple

McCall, Dr. Catherine C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1470116545 ISBN 13 : 9781470116545

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

President of Stichting SOPHIA: The European Foundation for Doing Philosophy with Children, Dr. McCall trained as a Philosopher at Trinity College and Manchester University and as a Psychologist at the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology . In 1984 she pioneered the practise of philosophising with young children in the USA, and from 1985- 86 whilst a Professor in Montclair USA, she introduced Philosophy for Children to the UK, Eire, France, and Spain through a series of International Training Workshops. She was appointed as the External Expert to the Government in Values and Character Education for the Sate of New Jersey, USA 1985-86. The 1990 BBC documentary “Socrates for Six year olds” featured Dr. McCall’s Community of Philosophical Inquiry [CoPI] work with young children in the USA. In 1990 Dr. McCall created M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in Philosophical Inquiry at Glasgow University. In 2005 Dr. McCall presented the CoPI method to the Scottish Parliament. She has been a Visiting Professor at: The Sorbonne; The Technical University of Barcelona; The University of South Carolina, USA; The Polish Academy of Sciences; Malta University; The Continuing Education University of Iceland; The University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Through EPIC, Dr. McCall has been a Philosophy Consultant for: IBM; Scottish Business in the Community; The Transmissions Gallery; Corton Vale Prison; Grampian Health Care Trust; Scottish Enterprise; The Lighthouse; VEFO (Belgium). She is currently the Philosophy Consultant with The Glasgow Academy, East Renfrewshire Council.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"Wondering" is a Philosophy for Children classroom book that has been used with children ages 5 - 10 years old. "Wondering" brings children step by step from beginning exercises and philosophical activities to reasoning about philosophical concepts in 10 lessons. "Wondering" is the first of the Guided Socratic Discussion series of philosophy workbooks for children. 1) (7-9 years) ‘Wondering’ 2) ‘Teachers Guide to Wondering’ 3) (8-11years) ‘Wondering Adventures’ 4) ‘Teachers Guide to Wondering Adventures’ 5) (10 -12 years) ‘Talking Thinking’ 6) ‘Teachers Guide to Talking Thinking’ 7) (11-13 years) ‘Thinking Adventures’ 8) ‘Teachers Guide to Thinking Adventures’ 9) (12-14 years) ‘Thinking Changes’ 10) ‘Teachers Guide to Thinking Changes’ 11) (13-15 years) ‘Thinking Challenges’ 12) ‘Teachers Guide to Thinking Challenges’ Cover illustration by Mary Haight

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1470116545
• ISBN 13: 9781470116545
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128