Sometimes the "philosophy" in "philosophy for children" throws people off.  Perhaps thinking back to that one college philosophy class that they had to take, they wonder how philosophy can have anything to do with children.

In order to understand the connection between the two we first have to get clear on what we mean by "philosophy."  p4cHI founder Dr. Thomas Jackson makes a distinction between "Big P Philosophy" and "little p philosophy."  "Big P Philosophy" is an academic discipline.  It involves studying famous philosophers like Plato and perhaps writing books or delivering lectures.  It is something that one most oftentimes runs into in college.

This resource is part of Unit 1: An Overview of p4cHI in our Learning Modules.

"You want to teach people how to do p4c," I was skeptically asked, "through an online class?"  "How are you going to do that...through videos?"  That, I thought, is an excellent idea.  So during the Spring of 2015 my Saturday afternoon p4cHI class and I got to work.  For nearly three months we met, filmed, and filmed some more.  The end product of this undertaking is what you will get to view in this course:  A 15 video "How to Do p4cHI" video series.

This resource is part of Unit 1: An Overview of p4cHI in our Learning Modules.

Hurtling through the Japanese country-side on a bullet train, some of my fellow philosophy for children Hawai‘i (p4cHI) practitioners and I continued an ongoing inquiry:  What does it mean to "do p4cHI"?  Confronted daily with Japanese teachers and administrators who, it oftentimes seemed, were looking for the formula to how to do p4cHI, this question was at the forefront of our minds.

This resource is part of Unit 1: An Overview of p4cHI in our Learning Modules.

In this recording Dr. J tells us about a p4cHI discussion that he witnessed at an Elementary School. Is there anyone in the world who doesn't have any friends? The young philosophers had some deep and perhaps surprising insights.

Click here to listen to the recording.