P4C
What is P4C?
P4C (Philosophy for Children) is an approach to teaching and learning that explores the big ideas that arise in all areas of education and life experience. P4C uses philosophical dialogue and enquiry to help learners to think, to speak, to listen, to learn and to live together more effectively.
Across a range of subjects, our pupils are given the opportunity to take part in regular classroom enquiries in which a stimulus is shared, concepts are identified— such as equality, identity, truth and beauty — and the children formulate questions that capture what they find curious.
With the support of a teacher as facilitator, P4C participants explore these questions drawing on the perspectives of others to deepen their own understanding. P4C concludes with reflection on the process of enquiry and on the skills and dispositions that P4C develops: critical, creative, caring and collaborative thinking.
