Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Names of contributors and affiliations; List of figures; List of table; Part I Historical, philosophical and theoretical roots; 1 The Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children (IAPC) program; 2 Brave old subject, brave new world; 3 Philosophical novel; 4 Philosophy in the school curriculum; 5 P4C and rationality in the new world; 6 Doing philosophy with children rejects Piaget's assumptions; 7 The difference between P4C and PwC; Part II Specialized uses of philosophical dialogues; 8 Teaching science and morality via P4C
9 A new approach in teaching philosophy and ethics in schools10 P4C and picturebooks; Part III Theoretical concerns of philosophy for children; 11 Showing that children can do philosophy; 12 Reasonableness instead of rationality; 13 Necessity of truth in the community of inquiry; 14 P4C stories: different approaches and similar applications?; 15 The contribution of philosophy to the P4C movement; Part IV The practice of philosophy for children worldwide; 16 P4C in Denmark; 17 The cultural elements in the Norwegian approach to philosophy for children
18 Philosophy in schools: an Australian perspective19 Teaching philosophy and ethics in Japan; 20 P4C in the context of Muslim education; 21 Islamic tradition and creative dialogue; 22 Philosophical games for children and thinking skills; 23 Philosophy of childhood from a Latin American perspective; Part V Conclusion; 24 Philosophy for children: where are we now?; 25 Postscript; Index
