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Full-Text Articles in Philosophy
"Dragons And Giants" From Frog And Toad Together By Arnold Lobel, Gareth B. Matthews, Lenore Carlisle Reilly, Shari Tishman
"Dragons And Giants" From Frog And Toad Together By Arnold Lobel, Gareth B. Matthews, Lenore Carlisle Reilly, Shari Tishman
Wise Owl: Talking and Thinking about Children’s Literature
"Dragons and Giants" is a story about bravery. But it doesn't exactly demonstrate what bravery is, or explain how to tell whether someone is brave. Instead it shows what bravery is not (running away from danger and hiding in a bed or a closet) and how not to tell whether you are brave (by, say, looking in a mirror). Both children and adults laugh at Frog's and Toad's foolish behavior and at the foolishness of what they say. Our laughter shows that we recognize an inappropriateness, a conceptual gap between bravery and the efforts of these creatures to deal with …
"The Garden" From Frog And Toad Together By Arnold Lobel, Gareth B. Matthews, Lenore Carlisle Reilly, Shari Tishman
"The Garden" From Frog And Toad Together By Arnold Lobel, Gareth B. Matthews, Lenore Carlisle Reilly, Shari Tishman
Wise Owl: Talking and Thinking about Children’s Literature
"The Garden" is a story about causes and causal explanations. Discussing it with your students can be an informal introduction to the philosophy of science. It also raises philosophical questions about whether things in nature have thoughts and feelings the way human beings do, the nature of patience, and how we can tell what is the true cause of some event.
Bear That Wasn't By Frank Tashlin, Gareth B. Matthews, Lenore Carlisle Reilly, Shari Tishman
Bear That Wasn't By Frank Tashlin, Gareth B. Matthews, Lenore Carlisle Reilly, Shari Tishman
Wise Owl: Talking and Thinking about Children’s Literature
In this classic children’s book (available at The Open Library), a bear wakes up from winter hibernation to find that his forest has been replaced by a factory. To make matters even worse, every human he on the assembly line and in the corporate offices, and every bear he meets at the zoo and the circus, insists that he's not even a bear, just a silly man who needs a shave and wears a fur coat. As Gareth B. Matthews observed, the book’s “philosophical whimsy” raises a host of basic epistemological and metaphysical questions.
Albert’S Impossible Toothache By Barbara Williams, Gareth B. Matthews, Lenore Carlisle Reilly, Shari Tishman
Albert’S Impossible Toothache By Barbara Williams, Gareth B. Matthews, Lenore Carlisle Reilly, Shari Tishman
Wise Owl: Talking and Thinking about Children’s Literature
This is the story of a young turtle named Albert, who claims to have a toothache but doesn't have any teeth. Poor Albert must be mistaken, we think at first - a trifle condescendingly - but perhaps his mistake is not so naive as it seems. This is only one of the philosophical puzzlers raised in Albert’s Toothache. The Wise Owl questions are designed not so much to elicit the "right answer" as to invite young students to think critically and imaginatively about philosophical ideas, using their own language and drawing upon their own experiences.
(1987) History And Curriculum Dynamics Of The Philosophy For Children Program: The Spinal Cord, Ann Margaret Sharp
(1987) History And Curriculum Dynamics Of The Philosophy For Children Program: The Spinal Cord, Ann Margaret Sharp
Collected Papers of Ann Margaret Sharp
In this conversation transcript, Sharp relates the thinking behind the philosophy for children curriculum written by Matthew Lipman and herself.
Many Moons By James Thurber, Gareth B. Matthews, Lenore Carlisle Reilly, Shari Tishman
Many Moons By James Thurber, Gareth B. Matthews, Lenore Carlisle Reilly, Shari Tishman
Wise Owl: Talking and Thinking about Children’s Literature
James Thurber's story, Many Moons, invites us to view and think about the moon in a fresh way, both as it is in itself and as it may appear to people. In doing so we may increase our powers of observation as well as our capacity to enter imaginatively into the lives of others. We may also learn to think more clearly about appearance and reality, and how the two are related.
"Cookies" From Frog And Toad Together By Arnold Lobel, Gareth B. Matthews
"Cookies" From Frog And Toad Together By Arnold Lobel, Gareth B. Matthews
Wise Owl: Talking and Thinking about Children’s Literature
Socrates and Plato thought that we can’t really want what we know is bad for us, or do what we know we shouldn’t be doing. Euripides and Saint Augustine thought it was obvious that we often do both things. This topic in philosophy is still being argued today, and it is the central topic of Arnold Lobel’s story “Cookies,” from his collection Frog and Toad Together. Do we really eat cookies against our will? Can we do something without really wanting to do it?
Pupils Learn To Use Intellectual Wings, Anne Kovalenko
Pupils Learn To Use Intellectual Wings, Anne Kovalenko
Collected Papers of Philip C. Guin
Teaching children to think appears to be poles apart from the continuing problem of alcohol and drug abuse in the schools. Yet, a meaningful relationship between the two is apparent in a program called "Philosophy for Children" -- recently introduced in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania area schools.
Guest Scholar At St. Olaf, Albert Lee Tribune
Guest Scholar At St. Olaf, Albert Lee Tribune
Collected Papers of Peter Shea
Peter Shea, a nationally-known expert on doing philosophy with children and the convener of the newly-established Minnesota Center for Children's Thinking, will be a guest scholar at St. Olaf College in Northfield, NM.
Msc Sponsors Philosophers Gathering, The Montclair Times
Msc Sponsors Philosophers Gathering, The Montclair Times
Collected Papers of Philip C. Guin
Twenty-six philosophers from five countries and seven states are gathering for a conference sponsored by Montclair State College's Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children in Mendham, New Jersey.
09. Ethical Inquiry: Instructional Manual To Accompany Lisa, Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp
09. Ethical Inquiry: Instructional Manual To Accompany Lisa, Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp
Middle School Curriculum
The aim of this program is to provide students with the tools they need to deliberate well about ethical issues. These tools include anticipating consequences, taking all the circumstances into account, giving good reasons, universalizing, being consistent, and projecting ideals of the people they would like to be and the world they would like to live in. In addition to the use of such tools, good ethical inquiry also involves an understanding of metaphysical, ethical, social, and aesthetic concepts. For this reasons, ETHICAL INQUIRY provides a host of introductions to concepts such as self, time, personhood, reciprocity, and freedom, as …
(1985) Philosophy For Children: An Important Curriculum Innovation, Laurance J. Splitter
(1985) Philosophy For Children: An Important Curriculum Innovation, Laurance J. Splitter
Collected Papers of Laurance J. Splitter
Young children possess attributes which deserve to be called philosophical. These may be separated into two broad clusters: a structural or methodological component and a substantive component. These components provide the basis of a curriculum and teaching methodology which addresses some key educational objectives. Philosophy for Children is a program which utilizes and expands upon the capacity for reflection and inquiry which all children possess by creating, in the classroom, a community of inquiry. This is achieved with the help of three resources: (a) a philosophical novel, (b) an accompanying manual for teachers, (c) a teacher who is both philosophically …
Upside-Down Cat (1981) Elizabeth Parsons, Maughn Gregory
Upside-Down Cat (1981) Elizabeth Parsons, Maughn Gregory
Chapter Books
Lily Black, nicknamed the “Upside-Down Cat” from her habit of lying on her back over a hot-air register to keep warm, lives with Joe and his parents in New York City and summers with them in Maine. When she disappears at the end of one summer, Joe and his family have no choice but to return to New York without her. A kind lobsterman finds Lily, takes care of her all winter, and becomes fond of her. The next summer, when Joe finds Lily on the man’s boat, they have to decide whom Lily really belongs to—if anyone.
(1982) Ellen Kellenberger’S Kindergarten, Secaucus, New Jersey, Philip C. Guin
(1982) Ellen Kellenberger’S Kindergarten, Secaucus, New Jersey, Philip C. Guin
Collected Papers of Philip C. Guin
A transcript of part of a philosophy for children session in a New Jersey kindergarten where Guin was coaching the teacher.
18. Pixie (Novel; 1981 Edition), Matthew Lipman
18. Pixie (Novel; 1981 Edition), Matthew Lipman
Early Elementary School Curriculum
Pixie is an elementary school student perplexed and delighted by many aspects of her experience. This novel emphasizes relationships (logical, social, familial, aesthetic, causal, part-whole, mathematical, etc.) as well as competence in dealing with such relationships. Ethical concepts include sibling-rivalry, personhood, respect for others, friendship, secrets, promise-keeping, parent-child relationships, obedience, teasing, and autonomy. Readers will find the pages of Pixie strewn with philosophical ideas and puzzles that lead to lively classroom deliberation. The text includes some blank pages for young readers to try their hand at book illustration.
(1978/1994) Can Moral Education Be Divorced From Philosophical Education?, Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp
(1978/1994) Can Moral Education Be Divorced From Philosophical Education?, Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp
Scholarship
If morality were simply a matter of knowing rules and obeying them, then moral education would consist of developing in children a conscientiousness that would permit them to carry out these rules in a happy, unquestioning fashion. But morality is not so simple. It is not clear that there are rules for every situation, nor is it clear that accepting uncritically those rules which might apply contributes to children's development. Consequently, the child must be equipped to cope with situations lacking clear guidelines, situations that nevertheless require one to make choices and to accept responsibility for them. In order for …
(1978/1994) Can Moral Education Be Divorced From Philosophical Education?, Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp
(1978/1994) Can Moral Education Be Divorced From Philosophical Education?, Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp
Collected Papers of Ann Margaret Sharp
If morality were simply a matter of knowing rules and obeying them, then moral education would consist of developing in children a conscientiousness that would permit them to carry out these rules in a happy, unquestioning fashion. But morality is not so simple. It is not clear that there are rules for every situation, nor is it clear that accepting uncritically those rules which might apply contributes to children's development. Consequently, the child must be equipped to cope with situations lacking clear guidelines, situations that nevertheless require one to make choices and to accept responsibility for them. In order for …
(1977) Philosophy In The Classroom: A Response To Wilson, Levinson And Moore, Philip C. Guin
(1977) Philosophy In The Classroom: A Response To Wilson, Levinson And Moore, Philip C. Guin
Collected Papers of Philip C. Guin
In response to reviews of Philosophy in the Classroom (Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan, 1977) by John Wilson, Daniel Levinson, and J.T. Moore (Teaching Philosophy 2(3/4): 392-395, attached here) Guin notes that the book was written for teachers, prospective teachers, administrators, and others preparing to implement an elementary program in philosophy without previous training in logic, epistemology, or ethics, and that the author’s claims are not speculative, but reflect documented achievements. He argues that the book is well-suited for teachers anxious to learn how to get at the ideas embedded in a philosophical novel, how …
08. First Edition Of Lisa (1976) By Matthew Lipman, Matthew Lipman
08. First Edition Of Lisa (1976) By Matthew Lipman, Matthew Lipman
Middle School Curriculum
Lisa is the story of a school year in the life of an adolescent girl and her classmates, a year studded with physical, aesthetic and ethical awakenings. Various events in these young people's lives prompt them to puzzle over such issues as animal rights, sexism, racism, justice, divorce and death. All of them struggle with issues of identity and thinking for oneself - philosophical issues of perennial concern to adolescents. As they begin to recognize the ethical dimensions of their experience, Lisa and her friends puzzle over such philosophical concepts as the right, the fair, the good, perfection, and naturalism. …
(2000) Discovering Our Voice: A Manual To Accompany 'Geraldo', Ann Margaret Sharp, Laurance J. Splitter
(2000) Discovering Our Voice: A Manual To Accompany 'Geraldo', Ann Margaret Sharp, Laurance J. Splitter
Collected Papers of Laurance J. Splitter
Geraldo is a story about what an immigrant undergoes when he leaves one culture and tries to 'join' another culture. An immigrant suffers a triple disruption: he loses his sense of place, he enters into an alien language, and he finds himself surrounded by beings whose social behavior, norms and traditions are very unlike, and sometimes even offensive to his own. The explanation of the leading ideas in this manual help students and teachers explore the philosophical themes in Geraldo. The discussion plans, exercises, and activities are designed to foster and cultivate the process of philosophical dialogue in the classroom. …