Kids Can Think Philosophical Challenges For The Classroom Gilmore by Gilmore, Ron, 1966- Author instant download after payment.

1 online resource, Kids Can Think aims to bring the richness of philosophical thinking into the classroom. It invites teachers to think about the value of such thinking in the modern world, where children have to understand and evaluate ever more complex and challenging ideas. This book includes simple, practical ideas that can be implemented with ease and that will promote and inspire a culture of thinking in classrooms. Teachers and their pupils are presented with a series of scenarios introduced by short narrative texts that explore philosophical themes relating to the self, everyday life, and the universe be, Using the book -- Patterns of thinking for philosophy -- Classroom culture -- Do we live in a colorful world? -- Do you believe what you see? -- No future -- A red sock? -- The present -- The me gene -- The infinite line -- Who is i? -- What is an object? -- Who are you? -- Not fair -- Can altruism be genuine? -- Present again -- Know what you're thinking? -- Is choice a good thing? -- Is anything random? -- The bare substratum -- Infinite universes -- Infinity -- Silence -- Disliking liking -- The search for life -- Confusion -- Waking dreams, Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher