Teachers Guide to Thinking Challenges: Philosophy for Children 6

This "Teachers Guide to Thinking Challenges" Philosophy for Children book provides teachers with a step-by-step guide to implementing "Thinking Challenges" with a class of teenagers from 14 -18 years old. "Thinking Challenges" and the "Teachers Guide to Thinking Challenges" form the sixth course in the Guided Socratic Discussion series of Philosophy for Children books. Through the Guided Socratic Discussion courses children and teenagers develop: · Improved self-image· Enlarged horizons· Increased self-esteem· Increased emotional intelligence· Increased IQ scores As the course progresses teenagers: · Learn to welcome different points of view· Learn to understand others· Develop social-intellectual relationships with the community· Learn to share dialogue· Learn share ideas· Learn to collaborate with others· Learn to value the opinions of others Teenagers develop specific skills: · Critical thinking skills· Creative reasoning skills· Moral reasoning skills· Listening skills· Talking skills· Communications skills· Comprehension skills· Concept forming skills· Meta-cognitive skills Cover illustration by Allen Farrington