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Informationen zum Autor Ron Gilmore has been an educator for over 25 years. He originally trained as a psychologist before entering the teaching profession, where he has worked in international schools in the Middle East and Europe. Fascinated by the ways in which children think about and process complex ideas, he has run many informal workshops where he explores philosophical ideas with children. Klappentext 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 beyond, and questions that can be tackled by anyone from the young novice to the university professor. Kids Can Think provides many ideas and suggestions for thinking activities throughout that will encourage children to develop their logic and spark a desire to probe into ideas that fascinate inquiring minds. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefacePart I1. Using the Book2. Patterns of Thinking for Philosophy3. Classroom CulturePart II4. Do We Live in a Colorful World?5. Do You Believe What You See?6. No Future7. A Red Sock?8. The Present 9.The Me Gene10.The Infinite Line11.Who is I?12.What is an Object?13.Who are You?14.Not Fair15.Can Altruism be Genuine?16.Present Again17.Know What You're Thinking?18.Is Choice a Good Thing?19.Is Anything Random?20.The Bare Substratum21.Infinite Universes22.Infinity23.Silence24.Disliking Liking25.The Search for Life26.Confusion27.Waking Dreams
