The Routledge international handbook of philosophy for children

This rich and diverse collection offers a range of perspectives and practices of Philosophy for Children (P4C). P4C has become a significant educational and philosophical movement with growing impact on schools and educational policy. Its community of inquiry pedagogy has been taken up in community, adult, higher, further and informal educational settings around the world.The internationally sourced chapters offer research findings as well as insights into debates provoked by bringing children’s voices into moral and political arenas and to philosophy and the broader educational issues this raises, for example:historical perspectives on the fielddemocratic participation and epistemic, pedagogical and political relationshipsphilosophy as a subject and philosophy as a practicephilosophical teaching across the curriculumembodied enquiry, emotions and spaceknowledge, truth and philosophical progressresources and texts for philosophical inquiryethos and values of P4C practice and research. The Routledge International Handbook of Philosophy for Children will spark new discussions and identify emerging questions and themes in this diverse and controversial field. It is an accessible, engaging and provocative read for all students, researchers, academics and educators who have an interest in Philosophy for Children, its educational philosophy and its pedagogy.