{"id":1149,"date":"2023-03-02T23:39:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T07:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2023-03-03T00:18:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T08:18:13","slug":"our-friendship-unit-dialogical-learning-philosophical-discussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/2023\/03\/02\/our-friendship-unit-dialogical-learning-philosophical-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Friendship Unit: Dialogical Learning\/Philosophical Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Div. 6 Parents,<\/p>\n

In the second term overview that is about to go home with the recent report card, I mentioned that this term, the students had been involved in dialogical learning\/Philosophical Discussions to enhance Critical and Reflective thinking (Core Competencies)<\/strong>.\u00a0 I used this approach in our Friendship Unit, using three anchor picture books as a jumping-off point to reflective discussions.\u00a0 Below you will find some links to videos and some information about this approach that, as an educator, I found compelling and grounded. I \u2018listened to learn\u2019<\/em> and found the students\u2019 perspectives, as they discussed their opinions and thoughts, engaging.<\/p>\n

For me, the journey started on the October pro-d day this year:<\/p>\n

Presenter:<\/p>\n

“Why Teach Philosophy for Children”, Dr. Susan T. Gardner (Capilano University)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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And, just in case you\u2019re thinking what I was thinking, \u201cthis all seems a bit high brow for young kids\u201d, I came across a video (link below) that captured my imagination and made the teaching approach and reason for it, relatable.\u00a0 The magic in the video isn\u2019t in the adult speakers-it\u2019s in watching the clips of the young children, in class, as they discussed the picture books presented to them.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

click here<\/a><\/p>\n

I also found this Ted Talk: Dr.<\/strong> Sara Goering:\u00a0 Philosophy for Kids: \u201cSparking a Love of Learning\u201d<\/strong> very helpful in understanding the importance of discussion, dialogue, and philosophy in the development of critical thinking skills.<\/p>\n

click here<\/a><\/p>\n

Goals of Philosophy with kids:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Enhance Cognitive Skills, critical thinking, <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Learn to Build an argument<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Evaluate an argument using logic<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. How to Respond to objections to their positions<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Think Creatively<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Behavioural Skills: converse with peers, listen to them carefully, take them seriously, and disagree with them without fighting or feeling hurt<\/li>\n
  7. Philosophical Skills:\u00a0 <\/span>think for themselves, realize that questions matter, language and literacy<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Sara Goering<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0<\/span>\u201cDialogic teaching\u00a0harnesses the power of talk to stimulate and extend pupils\u2019 thinking<\/strong>\u00a0and advance their learning and understanding.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Robin Alexander<\/em><\/p>\n

    There it is in a nutshell.\u00a0 The three books we used had endless possibilities for perspective-taking, questioning, inferencing, and overall wonderful discussions.\u00a0 The simplicity of the titles can be deceiving.\u00a0 These books were layered with the complexity of human nature.\u00a0 \u00a0“Norman Didn’t Do It! (Yes, He Did)”\u00a0 by Ryan T. Higgins,\u00a0 “How to Apologize” by David LaRochelle, and “I Can Help” by\u00a0 Reem Faruqi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Div. 6 Parents, In the second term overview that is about to go home with the recent report card, I mentioned that this term, the students had been involved in dialogical learning\/Philosophical Discussions to enhance Critical and Reflective thinking (Core Competencies).\u00a0 I used this approachRead More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6869,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1153,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions\/1153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}