Philosophy in the Talented year 8 Classroom: Improving Thinking (and a lot more) through Philosophical inquiry

Teaching philosophy through a community of inquiry to Year 8 students in an Academic Talent Program has proved to be an effective way of engaging students in their learning and of helping them learn strategies in higher-order thinking that they can use at school, at home or in the community. This ar...

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Main Authors: Millett, Stephan, Flanagan, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: School of Education, University of New England 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40248
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-402482017-01-30T14:41:00Z Philosophy in the Talented year 8 Classroom: Improving Thinking (and a lot more) through Philosophical inquiry Millett, Stephan Flanagan, S. Teaching philosophy through a community of inquiry to Year 8 students in an Academic Talent Program has proved to be an effective way of engaging students in their learning and of helping them learn strategies in higher-order thinking that they can use at school, at home or in the community. This article presents a brief overview of a two-term study of talented students in a state high school in Perth. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40248 School of Education, University of New England restricted
spellingShingle Millett, Stephan
Flanagan, S.
Philosophy in the Talented year 8 Classroom: Improving Thinking (and a lot more) through Philosophical inquiry
title Philosophy in the Talented year 8 Classroom: Improving Thinking (and a lot more) through Philosophical inquiry
title_full Philosophy in the Talented year 8 Classroom: Improving Thinking (and a lot more) through Philosophical inquiry
title_fullStr Philosophy in the Talented year 8 Classroom: Improving Thinking (and a lot more) through Philosophical inquiry
title_full_unstemmed Philosophy in the Talented year 8 Classroom: Improving Thinking (and a lot more) through Philosophical inquiry
title_short Philosophy in the Talented year 8 Classroom: Improving Thinking (and a lot more) through Philosophical inquiry
title_sort philosophy in the talented year 8 classroom: improving thinking (and a lot more) through philosophical inquiry
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40248