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Philosophical Dialogue with Children: Essays on Theory and Practice
| Author: | Kennedy, David | |
| Year: | 2010 | |
| Pages: | 256 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-1430-4 978-0-7734-1430-3 | |
| Price: | $199.95 | |
“Philosophical Dialogue with Children” is a collection of essays that explores our common presuppositions about childhood and children’s thinking, and challenges adults to re-examine their notions about children’s capacity to engage in philosophical dialogue in group settings like the classroom.
Reviews
“[This work] is a much-needed model for how to create a dialogue between erudite, interdisciplinary theory and intelligent, artful practice.” - Maughn Gregory, Ph.D. Montclair State University
“[This work] has serious implications for children and childhood….asking readers to reexamine preconceptions about the nature of childhood, cognition, and pedagogy.” – Prof. Claire Katz, Texas A&M University
“[The author’s] essays form a significant whole in the world of philosophy for children and in the world of education at large.” – Prof. Michel Sasseville, Université Laval
“[This work] has serious implications for children and childhood….asking readers to reexamine preconceptions about the nature of childhood, cognition, and pedagogy.” – Prof. Claire Katz, Texas A&M University
“[The author’s] essays form a significant whole in the world of philosophy for children and in the world of education at large.” – Prof. Michel Sasseville, Université Laval
Table of Contents
Foreword by Maughn Gregory, Ph.D.
Acknowledgments
Chapter One – Reconstructing Childhood
Chapter Two – Schooling, Neoteny, Ethical Reconstruction, and the Child as Privileged Stranger
Chapter Three – Philosophy for Children and the Reconstruction of Philosophy
Chapter Four – Why Philosophy for Children Now?
Chapter Five – Communal Philosophical Dialogue and the Intersubject
Chapter Six – Thinking for Oneself and with Others
Chapter Seven – Young Children’s Moves: Emergent Community of Philosophical Inquiry in Early Childhood Discourse
Chapter Eight – The Role of a Facilitator in a Community of Philosophical Inquiry Some Definitions
Chapter Nine – Forming Communities of Philosophical Inquiry in Early Childhood Classrooms
Chapter Ten – Using Peter Rabbit as a Philosophical Text with Young Children
Chapter Eleven – The Five Communities
References
Indices
Subject Index
Author Index
Acknowledgments
Chapter One – Reconstructing Childhood
Chapter Two – Schooling, Neoteny, Ethical Reconstruction, and the Child as Privileged Stranger
Chapter Three – Philosophy for Children and the Reconstruction of Philosophy
Chapter Four – Why Philosophy for Children Now?
Chapter Five – Communal Philosophical Dialogue and the Intersubject
Chapter Six – Thinking for Oneself and with Others
Chapter Seven – Young Children’s Moves: Emergent Community of Philosophical Inquiry in Early Childhood Discourse
Chapter Eight – The Role of a Facilitator in a Community of Philosophical Inquiry Some Definitions
Chapter Nine – Forming Communities of Philosophical Inquiry in Early Childhood Classrooms
Chapter Ten – Using Peter Rabbit as a Philosophical Text with Young Children
Chapter Eleven – The Five Communities
References
Indices
Subject Index
Author Index