Comments on: What is art? Blog Series Part III https://plato-philosophy.org/what-is-art-blog-series-part-iii/ Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:22:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jana https://plato-philosophy.org/what-is-art-blog-series-part-iii/#comment-12299 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:22:09 +0000 https://www.philosophyforchildren.org/what-is-art-blog-series-part-iii/#comment-12299 Hi Rob,

Your club sounds very interesting. Does it continue through the entire school year? I don’t know the Talking Pictures work. I’ll try to check it out.

It’s funny, right before I read your comments I was looking at just the section you mention of the Harry manual for the class I am teaching tomorrow. I also find the IAPC manuals very useful, and especially the manuals for the Harry, Pixie and Lisa programs.

]]> By: rob https://plato-philosophy.org/what-is-art-blog-series-part-iii/#comment-12300 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:43:36 +0000 https://www.philosophyforchildren.org/what-is-art-blog-series-part-iii/#comment-12300 I ran across the following in “Philosophical Inquiry: An Instructional Manual to Accompany Harry Stottlemier’s Discovery” Leading Idea 12: Can Things Show Thoughts? (page 373) This series of questions relates nicely to student’s comment on the blank sheet of paper. I would publish some of the questions but am concerned about copyright.I find the P4C manuals published by the IAPC to be extremely helpful.

]]> By: rob https://plato-philosophy.org/what-is-art-blog-series-part-iii/#comment-12301 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:32:36 +0000 https://www.philosophyforchildren.org/what-is-art-blog-series-part-iii/#comment-12301 Sorry- hit the wrong button…I meant to post the above under my name- Rob

]]> By: Anonymous https://plato-philosophy.org/what-is-art-blog-series-part-iii/#comment-12302 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:30:16 +0000 https://www.philosophyforchildren.org/what-is-art-blog-series-part-iii/#comment-12302 Yes this is an afterschool program- the club runs from 3:30- 5:00 once a week.
One of the reasons for offering the club after school is something that you mentioned on your site- the lack of time / space for philosophy during regular instruction-the classroom teachers are overwhelmed by the demands of NCLB. We have been working with Dr Maughn Gregory and the IAPC for the last five years trying to infuse philosophical inquiry into the curriculum… yet, we have made very little progress. Therefore I decided to move outside the restrictions of the regular instructional day. The club is loosely based on the following: Philosophy for Children curriculum (Gregory: Arc of Inquiry), Sutcliffe & Williams: The Philosophy Club: An Adventure in Thinking (Dialogue Works) and Andersson, Liptai, Sutton, & Williams: Talking Pictures: Thinking Through Photographs (Imaginative Minds / IRIS)

The club is made of a small number of 4th & 5th grade students.

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