Philosophy for Children (P4C)
2024 sees the launch of P4C across the school as a weekly, timetabled activity.
P4C is a philosophical approach to learning and teaching that enables students to think with others and to think for themselves and gives them a wonderful sense of agency.
P4C encourages teachers and pupils to think in a caring, collaborative, creative and critical way and develops the skills, attitudes and dispositions for higher level thinking:
- Ability to work with others
- Builds communication skills
- Raises self esteem
- Develops social responsibility
- Promotes respect and understanding
- Develops reasoning skills
- Promotes logical, critical and reflective thinking
Philosophy for Children (P4C) was created by Professor Lipman in the late 1960s, and it is aim was to encourage children to be more reasonable, reflective and considerate.
P4C is essentially about developing thinking and reasoning skills, through talking and posing challenging questions. These questions cover a range of subjects and experiences. P4C is designed to get everybody thinking… Not all questions can be answered but all answers can be questioned!
