TY - BOOK AU - Gilmore,Ron TI - Kids Can Think: Philosophical Challenges for the Classroom SN - 9781475829532 AV - B52.G556 2016 U1 - 372.8 PY - 2016/// CY - Blue Ridge Summit PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated KW - Philosophy - Study and teaching KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- _GoBack N2 - Kids Can Think aims to bring the richness of philosophical thinking into the classroom. It invites teachers to think about the value of such thinking in the modern world, where children have to understand and evaluate ever more complex and challenging ideas. This book includes simple, practical ideas that can be implemented with ease and that will promote and inspire a culture of thinking in classrooms. Teachers and their pupils are presented with a series of scenarios introduced by short narrative texts that explore philosophical themes relating to the self, everyday life, and the universe beyond, and questions that can be tackled by anyone from the young novice to the university professor. Kids Can Think provides many ideas and suggestions for thinking activities throughout that will encourage children to develop their logic and spark a desire to probe into ideas that fascinate inquiring minds UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4714728 ER -