Full Description
The contributors to this volume describe a range of programs that use picture books to teach philosophy to diverse audiences. From a pre-school program in which college students to do the teaching to a program focused on overcoming the legacy of violence and genocide in Mali in which the teachers write and illustrate their own picture books, the authors demonstrate the impact that learning philosophy has on diverse communities of young students and their teachers.
Contents
Foreword by Roger Sutcliffe
Preface: The Big Ideas for Little Kids Program
Introduction
Chapter 1: Bringing Undergraduates to Pre-School: An Ethics Course for the Very Young
by Erik Kenyon
Chapter 2: Restoring Wonder: The Benefits and Challenges of Doing Philosophy in Mixed-aged Groups by Stephen Kekoa Miller
Chapter 3: Peace Building from Mali to Michigan by Stephen L. EsquithChapter 4: Helping Non-Philosophers Discuss Philosophy with Children: The Rotary Club Project by Ali Bassiri
Chapter 5: High School Goes to Kindergarten and Beyond... by Mitchell Bickman and Laura Trongard
Chapter 6: A Difficulty in Training College Students as Facilitators by Daniel GrollChapter 7: Picture Books Go To College: Introducing Philosophy to Undergraduates by Thomas E. Wartenberg
List of Contributors
