Jennifer Bleazby, Social Reconstruction Learning This volume argues that educational problems have their basis in an ideology of binary opposites often referred to as dualism, which is deeply embedded in all aspects of Western society and philosophy, and that it is partly because mainstream schooling incorporates dualism that it is unable to facilitate the thinking…Continue reading Social Reconstruction Learning

Susan Wilks This book responds to the challenge of disengagement in the middle years of schooling by providing ideas for the implementation of a thinking curriculum in schools. Teachers, teacher educators and curriculum consultants describe how they have been influenced by theorists, their use of appropriate cognitive theories, and strategies they have developed that will…Continue reading Designing a Thinking Curriculum

Susan Wilks Critical & Creative Thinking is a valuable resource for teachers. It provides a strong rationale for the role of inquiry in the classroom, a range of activities for encouraging pupil participation, and teaching strategies to develop and refine thinking skills and processes such as: identifying assumptions; prioritising; seeking alternatives; speculating; drawing inferences and…Continue reading Critical & Creative Thinking: Strategies for Classroom Inquiry

Tim Sprod Philosophical Discussion in Moral Education develops a detailed philosophical defence of the claim that teachers should engage students in ethical discussions to promote moral competence and strengthen moral character. Paying particular attention to the teacher’s role, this book highlights the justification for, and methods of, creating a classroom community of ethical inquiry. (Routledge)…Continue reading Philosophical Discussion in Moral Education: The community of ethical inquiry

Laurance J Splitter & Ann Margaret Sharp Provides a detailed description of what the discipline of philosophy offers to children and teachers. Building on the intimate connection between thinking and philosophy, the central theme is that when the classroom is transformed into a ‘community of philosophical inquiry’, children develop the ability to think in ways…Continue reading Teaching for Better Thinking: The Classroom Community of Inquiry

Felicity Haynes The Ethical School discusses case studies to help teachers to reflect on their own ethics, guiding them to make more reasonable decisions in their schools, and thereby gradually transforming schools into more cohesive and caring communities. This book covers such everyday problems as censorship, inclusivity, school uniform, punishment, personal gain and confidentiality, and…Continue reading The Ethical School