Philosophy for Children
Links
Adventures on Philosopher's Island
http://www.portables2.ngfl.gov.uk/pmpercival/philosophy/
Read and discuss problems with other joung people. Philosopher's Island is a story which asks questions designed to explore different aspects of philosophy. From Middleton Cheney Primary School Philosophy Group.
Analytic Teaching: the Community of Inquiry Journal
http://www.viterbo.edu/campnews/camppub/analytic/
Journal dedicated to the Philosophy for Children context and "Caring Thinking".
APA Committee on Pre-College Instruction in Philosophy
http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/governance/committees/pre-college/K-12/
Advice and resources on pre-college teaching of philosophy and the K-12 curriculum.
Caring Thinking: The new intelligence
http://www.nexus.edu.au/teachstud/gat/brunt.htm
Brunt's opinion on the "Caring Thinking" paper by the Philosophy for Children Program author Lipman. How valid is the notion of Caring Thinking? How does it contribute to our understanding of the nature of giftedness and the manner in which we approach the educational needs of the gifted?
CEFILNI
Mexican centre on Philosophy for Children (P4C) with general information, history and resources.
ChildrenThinking.co.uk
http://www.childrenthinking.co.uk/
Set up by practising teachers in order to provide support and training in the area of Philosophy with Children (PWC) coordinating a range of courses and systems of mentoring and support for teachers and students. Provides a lot of information on PWC including a printable brochure.
Database for Teaching Philosophy
http://www.unb.br/fe/tef/filoesco/base/
Multilingual database with resources on teaching philosophy to children.
Dialogue Works
http://www.dialogueworks.co.uk/
Committed to constructive communication, aims to help children, teenagers and adults to learn, live and work better through good dialogue - the process of careful listening, questioning and thinking in conversation. Publications, consultancy, training and web resources on dialogue.
Federation of Australasian Philosophy for Children Associations
http://www.uq.edu.au/~pdgburgh/FAPCA/
FAPCA is the umbrella organisation for Philosophy for Children in Australia and New Zealand. Information on the P4C project and resources.
Inquiry is no mere conversation
http://home.pacific.net.au/~greg.hub/notjustconversation.html
Paper by Philosophy for Children author Susan Gardner.

