| Series |
School matters ; 24
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| Contents |
Brain-based approaches ; Child philosophers. |
| Abstract |
Documentaries about school improvement and topical issues. Philosophy for Children, or P4C, is a method of teaching and learning that focuses on developing thinking skills within a group or community of enquiry. Often taking an unusual theme as a focus, P4C aims to help children to think for themselves and benefit from the thinking of others. We visit Kingsbrook School where P4C was taken on as part of the Northamptonshire Raising Standards project and the English department schemes of work have been rewritten to include opportunities for P4C. In this programme, Karen Lamb introduces her Year 9 class to Romeo and Juliet using a P4C approach. We watch as she lets the community of enquiry choose the best topic for discussion. Professor Robert Fisher, the Director of Brunel University's Centre for Research in Teaching Thinking, discusses the ways in which P4C approaches can enhance the learning experience. |
| Abstract |
Recent research into how the human brain works is encouraging integrated thinking and learning and inspiring classroom techniques and activities. In March 2004, author Tony Buzan hosted a day of workshops and seminars which introduced staff and children from Kent to whole brain accelerated learning techniques. This programme shares some of the multi-sensory approaches demonstrated that day and returns six months later to find out how teachers and pupils from Charing School near Ashford were inspired. Year 6 teacher Anne Plummeridge discusses the versatility of Mind Mapping, a graphic technique for recording information and generating new ideas. Headteacher Rosemary Olley explains the benefits of a cross-curricular approach which seems to reflect the associative way in which the brain works. An educational neuroscientist discusses some of the foundations of multi-sensory pedagogies. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012). |
| Other forms | Previously released as DVD. |
| Language | This edition in English. |
| Genre/form | Documentary television programs. |
