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Presents an introduction to the theory and practice of the Community of Philosophical Enquiry (P4C). This book explains how P4C can facilitate young people's exploration of the key ethical questions of our time, such as intercultural understanding and education for sustainable development.

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'This book will be of value to any school or teacher looking to develop the community of philosophical enquiry in their context and the book has many features which can be easily translated into practical settings and many other pointers for further developmental work. The section on different subjects raises further questions on how the approach could come to characterise the approach to study in that subject area... The book succeeds, in only 180 pages, in whetting the appetite and providing clear ways forward for the practitioner as well as thought through rationales. The combination of the two authors, one an experienced UK practitioner who is familiar with English school systems, the other a Latin American Director of a Centre for P4C, provides a welcome breadth which ranges from English policy to UN education developments. While it is written with the English curriculum in mind, it will have wider application' --Sanford Lakoff

'This book will be of value to any school or teacher looking to develop the community of philosophical enquiry in their context and the book has many features which can be easily translated into practical settings and many other pointers for further developmental work. The section on different subjects raises further questions on how the approach could come to characterise the approach to study in that subject area... The book succeeds, in only 180 pages, in whetting the appetite and providing clear ways forward for the practitioner as well as thought through rationales. The combination of the two authors, one an experienced UK practitioner who is familiar with English school systems, the other a Latin American Director of a Centre for P4C, provides a welcome breadth which ranges from English policy to UN education developments. While it is written with the English curriculum in mind, it will have wider application' --,

This work by Patricia Hannam and Eugenio Echeverria is one of the first attempts to show us how we might use the Community of Philosophical Inquiry to go about a reconstruction of education that would render students the cognitive, social and emotional skills they need to live consciously and actively in a globalized world. Nurturing philosophical enquiry and developing international partnerships across schools ensure that young people explore the moral dimensions of global citizenship. A timely and very welcome book, Philosophy with Teenagers shows how philosophical enquiry offers a way of developing and nurturing the skills and moral sensibilities needed to thrive as an adolescent in an uncertain and demanding age. Intellectually coherent, perceptive and bursting with good sense, it will be an invaluable source of inspiration for hard-pressed secondary teachers looking for practical ways to reconcile their own educational values, the demands of the 21st century classroom and a world needing as never before to find ways of talking and listening to its many peoples.

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Patricia Hannam is Head of a large RE department in a school in South Cumbria, UK and has embedded an Enquiry Approach to Learning through her department and supported its development into Maths and other areas. She is an experienced SAPERE Accredited trainer being part of the group of 10 senior trainers who offer both level 1 and level 2 training. Pat is a member of PESGB (Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain) and AREIAC (The Association of RE Inspectors and Advisors) she has written for recent SSAT and Professional Council for Religious Education publications. Eugenio Echeverria is director of the Latin American Centre for Philosophy for Children (CELAFIN). He has extensive knowledge and appreciation of P4C, gained over 30 years, especially in the context of intercultural understanding. Through CELAFIN he publishes all the P4C materials used Mexican schools. Filosofia Para Nino's (Philosophy for Children) first published in Mexico in 2004 is now a standard text in Mexico for those working with P4C. Dr. Echeverria has been closely linked with the Institute of Advancement of Philosophy with Children (IAPC) based at Montclair State University in New Jersey, and worked with Matthew Lipman and Ann Sharp on more than 40 occasions. Recently, he has been advisor to the new Intercultural Universities developing across Mexico.

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