Big Ideas for Little Kids: Teaching Philosophy through Children's

165 Pages · 741.94 kb ·

Thomas E. Wartenberg

Kids Book

Table of contents

- CONTENTS (Page 6)
- LIST OF TABLES (Page 8)
- PREFACE (Page 10)
- Part I. TEACHING PHILOSOPHY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (Page 16)
- Ch01. NATURAL-BORN PHILOSOPHERS (Page 18)
- Ch02. HOW I BECAME A CHILDREN’S PHILOSOPHY TEACHER (Page 24)
- Ch03. LEARNER-CENTERED TEACHING (Page 30)
- Ch04. THE “GAME” OF PHILOSOPHY (Page 40)
- Part II. PREPARING TO TEACH (Page 50)
- Ch05. THE ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY COURSE (Page 52)
- Ch06. PREPARING A LESSON PLAN (Page 62)
- Ch07. LEADING A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION (Page 70)
- Part III. THE STORIES (Page 76)
- Ch08. “DRAGONS AND GIANTS”: TEACHING ETHICS (Page 78)
- Ch09. FREDERICK: TEACHING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (Page 88)
- Ch10. THE IMPORTANT BOOK:TEACHING METAPHYSICS (Page 96)
- Ch11. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ: TEACHING THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (Page 104)
- Ch12. THE GIVING TREE: TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY (Page 110)
- Ch13. MORRIS THE MOOSE: TEACHING EPISTEMOLOGY (Page 118)
- Ch14. KNUFFLE BUNNY: TEACHING THE PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (Page 130)
- Ch15. EMILY’S ART: TEACHING AESTHETICS (Page 140)
- Part IV. IMPLICATIONS (Page 148)
- Ch16. SUGGESTED FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES AFTER PHILOSOPHY DISCUSSIONS (Page 150)
- Ch17. CONCLUSION (Page 154)
- APPENDIX. Suggestions for Further Investigation (Page 158)
- REFERENCES (Page 164)