P4C Level 2 Level 2, Extending Philosophy for Children (P4C ...
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P4C Level 2
Level 2, Extending Philosophy for Children (P4C) practice Trainers: Steve Williams & Sue Lyle Venue: Etc Venues, 57 North Wharf Road, London W2 1LA (nr Paddington Station) Day 1
Friday 24th January 2014
09.00
ARRIVAL for 09.15 start
09.15
Introductions. Establishing expectations for the programme. Reviewing and reflecting on our P4C practice. Introducing the assignment.
10.45
BREAK
11.00
Enquiry (including review) | Facilitated one of the tutors
12.30
LUNCH
13.30
Theory into Practice: Facilitating P4C to be philosophical | Steve Williams
3.00
BREAK
15.30 16.30
Theory into Practice: Stimuli suitable for philosophical enquiry. Sue Lyle and Steve Williams END (but half an hour available for preparation of enquiries on day 2)
Day 2
Saturday 25th January 2014
09.00
ARRIVAL for 09.15 start
09.15
Collaborative creation of follow-up materials in response to the enquiry on Day 1.
10.45
BREAK
11.00
Theory into Practice: Models of Childhood and Critical Thinking | Sue Lyle
12.30
LUNCH
13.30
Enquiry (including review) | Facilitated by one or more participants
15.00
BREAK
15.15
Theory into Practice: Critical, Creative and Caring Thinking | Steve Williams
16.30
END (but half an hour available for preparation of enquiries on day 3)
Society for the Advancement of Philosophical Enquiry & Reflection in Education Registered Charity No 1144595 and a Company Limited by Guarantee No 7821030
Day 3
Friday 28th February 2014
09.00
ARRIVAL for 09.15 start
09.15
Review/preview
09.30
Preparation for assignment: studying transcripts and recordings of P4C with children
11.00
BREAK
11.15
Theory into Practice: P4C, Pluralism and Diversity | Sue Lyle
12.30
LUNCH
13.30
Enquiry (including review) | Facilitated one or more participants
15.00
BREAK
15.15 16.30
Theory into Practice: To be decided in response to issues identified in previous sessions | Sue Lyle and Steve Williams END
Day 4
Saturday 1st March 2014
09.00
ARRIVAL for 09.00 start
09.15
Review/preview
09.30
Enquiry (including review) | Facilitated one or more participants
11.00
BREAK
11.15
Philosophical roots of P4C | Sue Lyle and Steve Williams
12.30
LUNCH
13.30
Preparing for the Level 2 assignment and planning for participants’ next step in P4C with children | Sue Lyle and Steve Williams
15.00
BREAK
15.15
What have we learned about the community of enquiry process through participation in this course? Summary of SAPERE course structure.
4.15
Course review and evaluation
16.30
END
Society for the Advancement of Philosophical Enquiry & Reflection in Education Registered Charity No 1144595 and a Company Limited by Guarantee No 7821030
Background reading Articles Claxton, G. (2004) Talking about Creativity; an interview with Steve Williams. Teaching Thinking and Creativity, Issue 15, Winter 2004. Haynes, J. (2006) The Costs of Thinking. Teaching Thinking and Creativity, Issue 17, Autumn 2006. Lyle, S. (2011) How children’s minds work. School Leadership Today, Vol. 3.4-5 Sutcliffe, R. (2008) How can P4C develop Critical and Creative thinking? SAPERE (unpublished paper) Sharpe, A. M. (2004) The Other Dimension of Caring Thinking, Critical and Creative Thinking, Vol 12 No.1 May 2004 Williams, S. (2012) ‘The Practice of P4C’, an unpublished compilation from chapters from Chandley, N and Lewis, L, (2012), Philosophy for Children Through the Secondary Curriculum, Continuum. Optional Recommended Articles Brink-Budgen, R (2002) The creativity of critical thinking, Teaching Thinking, Summer 2002 Lyle, S. (2008) Dialogic Teaching: Discussing Theoretical Contexts and Reviewing Evidence from Classroom Practice, Language and Education,22: 3, 222–240 Recommended Books Cam, P. (2006) Twenty Thinking Tools. Australian Council Educational Research (ACER) Fisher, R. (1992) Teaching Children to Think. Simon Schuster. Lipman, M. (2003) 2nd Edition. Thinking in Education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Splitter, L and A M Sharp (1995) Teaching for Better Thinking: the classroom community of inquiry. ACER. Haynes, J. (2008) Children as Philosophers, 2nd edition (London, Routledge). DVD ‘Journey into Children’s Minds’ Course Tutors Steve Williams is a freelance teacher, writer, and editor specialising in philosophy with children. He helped to found SAPERE, the Philosophy for Children network in the UK, and was the first person in Britain to introduce P4C as a curriculum subject in a secondary school. Over the years, he has worked with children of all ages in a wide variety of schools. He has helped many teachers to start Philosophy for Children through the courses and support he provides. He is a founder member and editor of P4C.COM, a co-operative enterprise providing P4C resources to teachers and students. Dr Sue Lyle has been a teacher, teacher educator for 40 years and first trained in P4C in 1996. Since 2003 she has lead an extensive programme of P4C in Swansea where over 1800 teachers have completed Level 1 training including 62 whole school programmes and 70 trained to Level 2. A DVD, ‘Journey into Children’s Minds’ tells the story of P4C in Swansea and is available to buy from Imaginative Minds. Recently retired from Head of Continuing Professional Development at Swansea Metropolitan University, Sue now leads her own company, Dialogue Exchange to carry out research and promote dialogic approaches to learning and teaching in schools. Contacts Sue Lyle | e: [email protected] | mb: 07817656623 Steve Williams | e: [email protected] | mb: 07588 456 938 Society for the Advancement of Philosophical Enquiry & Reflection in Education Registered Charity No 1144595 and a Company Limited by Guarantee No 7821030
P4C Level 2
Level 2, Extending Philosophy for Children (P4C) practice Trainers: Steve Williams & Sue Lyle Venue: Etc Venues, 57 North Wharf Road, London W2 1LA (nr Paddington Station) Day 1
Friday 24th January 2014
09.00
ARRIVAL for 09.15 start
09.15
Introductions. Establishing expectations for the programme. Reviewing and reflecting on our P4C practice. Introducing the assignment.
10.45
BREAK
11.00
Enquiry (including review) | Facilitated one of the tutors
12.30
LUNCH
13.30
Theory into Practice: Facilitating P4C to be philosophical | Steve Williams
3.00
BREAK
15.30 16.30
Theory into Practice: Stimuli suitable for philosophical enquiry. Sue Lyle and Steve Williams END (but half an hour available for preparation of enquiries on day 2)
Day 2
Saturday 25th January 2014
09.00
ARRIVAL for 09.15 start
09.15
Collaborative creation of follow-up materials in response to the enquiry on Day 1.
10.45
BREAK
11.00
Theory into Practice: Models of Childhood and Critical Thinking | Sue Lyle
12.30
LUNCH
13.30
Enquiry (including review) | Facilitated by one or more participants
15.00
BREAK
15.15
Theory into Practice: Critical, Creative and Caring Thinking | Steve Williams
16.30
END (but half an hour available for preparation of enquiries on day 3)
Society for the Advancement of Philosophical Enquiry & Reflection in Education Registered Charity No 1144595 and a Company Limited by Guarantee No 7821030
Day 3
Friday 28th February 2014
09.00
ARRIVAL for 09.15 start
09.15
Review/preview
09.30
Preparation for assignment: studying transcripts and recordings of P4C with children
11.00
BREAK
11.15
Theory into Practice: P4C, Pluralism and Diversity | Sue Lyle
12.30
LUNCH
13.30
Enquiry (including review) | Facilitated one or more participants
15.00
BREAK
15.15 16.30
Theory into Practice: To be decided in response to issues identified in previous sessions | Sue Lyle and Steve Williams END
Day 4
Saturday 1st March 2014
09.00
ARRIVAL for 09.00 start
09.15
Review/preview
09.30
Enquiry (including review) | Facilitated one or more participants
11.00
BREAK
11.15
Philosophical roots of P4C | Sue Lyle and Steve Williams
12.30
LUNCH
13.30
Preparing for the Level 2 assignment and planning for participants’ next step in P4C with children | Sue Lyle and Steve Williams
15.00
BREAK
15.15
What have we learned about the community of enquiry process through participation in this course? Summary of SAPERE course structure.
4.15
Course review and evaluation
16.30
END
Society for the Advancement of Philosophical Enquiry & Reflection in Education Registered Charity No 1144595 and a Company Limited by Guarantee No 7821030
Background reading Articles Claxton, G. (2004) Talking about Creativity; an interview with Steve Williams. Teaching Thinking and Creativity, Issue 15, Winter 2004. Haynes, J. (2006) The Costs of Thinking. Teaching Thinking and Creativity, Issue 17, Autumn 2006. Lyle, S. (2011) How children’s minds work. School Leadership Today, Vol. 3.4-5 Sutcliffe, R. (2008) How can P4C develop Critical and Creative thinking? SAPERE (unpublished paper) Sharpe, A. M. (2004) The Other Dimension of Caring Thinking, Critical and Creative Thinking, Vol 12 No.1 May 2004 Williams, S. (2012) ‘The Practice of P4C’, an unpublished compilation from chapters from Chandley, N and Lewis, L, (2012), Philosophy for Children Through the Secondary Curriculum, Continuum. Optional Recommended Articles Brink-Budgen, R (2002) The creativity of critical thinking, Teaching Thinking, Summer 2002 Lyle, S. (2008) Dialogic Teaching: Discussing Theoretical Contexts and Reviewing Evidence from Classroom Practice, Language and Education,22: 3, 222–240 Recommended Books Cam, P. (2006) Twenty Thinking Tools. Australian Council Educational Research (ACER) Fisher, R. (1992) Teaching Children to Think. Simon Schuster. Lipman, M. (2003) 2nd Edition. Thinking in Education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Splitter, L and A M Sharp (1995) Teaching for Better Thinking: the classroom community of inquiry. ACER. Haynes, J. (2008) Children as Philosophers, 2nd edition (London, Routledge). DVD ‘Journey into Children’s Minds’ Course Tutors Steve Williams is a freelance teacher, writer, and editor specialising in philosophy with children. He helped to found SAPERE, the Philosophy for Children network in the UK, and was the first person in Britain to introduce P4C as a curriculum subject in a secondary school. Over the years, he has worked with children of all ages in a wide variety of schools. He has helped many teachers to start Philosophy for Children through the courses and support he provides. He is a founder member and editor of P4C.COM, a co-operative enterprise providing P4C resources to teachers and students. Dr Sue Lyle has been a teacher, teacher educator for 40 years and first trained in P4C in 1996. Since 2003 she has lead an extensive programme of P4C in Swansea where over 1800 teachers have completed Level 1 training including 62 whole school programmes and 70 trained to Level 2. A DVD, ‘Journey into Children’s Minds’ tells the story of P4C in Swansea and is available to buy from Imaginative Minds. Recently retired from Head of Continuing Professional Development at Swansea Metropolitan University, Sue now leads her own company, Dialogue Exchange to carry out research and promote dialogic approaches to learning and teaching in schools. Contacts Sue Lyle | e: [email protected] | mb: 07817656623 Steve Williams | e: [email protected] | mb: 07588 456 938 Society for the Advancement of Philosophical Enquiry & Reflection in Education Registered Charity No 1144595 and a Company Limited by Guarantee No 7821030
