Thinking Allowed is a step-by-step guide on DVD to using Philosophy for Children (P4C) to develop thinking skills. Demonstrating the power of P4C to develop SEAL and shape communities of enquiry in classrooms everywhere, it follows on from Thinking Together (see below), using comparative footage of children first filmed in year 3 to demonstrate the difference that weekly sessions of enquiry can make to what was an average mixed-ability and multilingual group. By the end of Key Stage 2 over 50% of the class achieved Level 5 in English Reading and Writing.
"Philosophy's changed my lifestyle. Now I know that I can listen to other people's opinions, and I can say what I believe… It's made me more mature, and it's made me think a lot." Nawal, aged 10
Also available is a 3-DVD trainers' packing containing Thinking Allowed plus two full-length P4C sessions.
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