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Philosophical Inquiry

Combining the Tools of Philosophy with Inquiry-based Teaching and Learning
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Philosophical Inquiry offers a practical guide to using philosophy as a tool in education. The book focuses on developing key skills such as questioning, conceptual exploration, and reasoning. It highlights how these skills can be applied across the school curriculum to help students think critically and creatively, solve problems, and engage thoughtfully with ideas. Emphasising collaborative learning through discussion and group work, it seeks to cultivate socially responsible thinkers who thrive both inside and outside the classroom.
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This book is especially suited for educators, curriculum developers, and those interested in fostering critical and creative thinking skills in students. It is ideal for teachers aiming to incorporate philosophy and collaborative learning into their classrooms.

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Philosophical Inquiry introduces teachers to a philosophical approach to collaborative inquiry-based teaching and learning.

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Philosophical Inquiry shows how to use the tools of philosophy for educational purposes. It is a practical guide to the philosophical arts of questioning, conceptual exploration, and reasoning, with wide application across the school curriculum.

It provides educators with an effective means of teaching students to think critically and creatively, to use their knowledge to solve problems, to deal with issues, to explore possibilities, and work with ideas. These are the skills and abilities that young people need in order to thrive socially and economically in the world today.

Drawing on educational and psychological theory, Philosophical Inquiry emphasizes the use of collaborative learning, through class discussion, working with a partner, and small group work. This approach teaches students to think in socially responsible ways. It means that students become not only thinking individuals but also good team-players, with benefits that extend beyond the classroom and the school to community life and the world of work.

Series: Big Ideas for Young Thinkers

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Keith Topping, Professor of Educational and Social Research, praises it as a beautifully written and practical guide that clearly outlines how teachers can develop critical inquiry skills. Michael Hand, Professor of Philosophy of Education, describes the book as an elegant and accessible introduction to teaching philosophical inquiry in schools, highlighting its lasting impact on inquiry-based pedagogy.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781475846294

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 January 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield

Illustration: 30 b/w illustrations;17 tables

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 227.0mm

Weight: 268g

Pages: 174

About the Author

Dr. Philip Cam is an international authority on philosophy in schools, who has run workshops for educators in many countries, and whose books for teachers and children have been widely translated. He has a DPhil in Philosophy from the University of Oxford and has had a long university career in Australia.

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