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14 June 2024

Tips and techniques

How long should thinking time be?

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14 June 2024

Tips and techniques

Improve the quality of spoken responses

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27 January 2023

Tips and techniques

Thinking faces

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27 January 2023

Tips and techniques

Let’s think before we talk

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4 February 2022

Tips and techniques

What makes a good talk partner?

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4 February 2022

Tips and techniques

Why not ask?

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26 November 2021

Thoughts, Tips and techniques

Why not jot?

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26 November 2021

Thoughts, Tips and techniques

How making notes positively impacts on thinking, talking and writing

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22 October 2021

Tips and techniques

Tips to make Zoom sessions interactive (Part 3)

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22 October 2021

Tips and techniques

More ideas to encourage participation

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11 June 2021

Thoughts, Research, Tips and techniques

Do you repeat pupil responses? Why?

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11 June 2021

Thoughts, Research, Tips and techniques

Teachers’ reasons, and why it might be better not to

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19 June 2020

Tips and techniques

What about the quiet children?

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19 June 2020

Tips and techniques

Three simple ways to increase participation

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22 May 2020

Thoughts, Tips and techniques

Sorry, Mum!

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22 May 2020

Thoughts, Tips and techniques

Reflecting on how our talk can sometimes interrupt learners' thinking

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15 May 2020

Tips and techniques

Try using structured talk to start your Zoom sessions

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15 May 2020

Tips and techniques

Invest time in connection before content.

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1 May 2020

Tips and techniques, Recommended reading, Thoughts

How is the quality of talk in your online meetings?

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1 May 2020

Tips and techniques, Recommended reading, Thoughts

Creating the conditions for productive dialogue online, just as we would in the classroom.

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10 March 2020

Practical examples, Tips and techniques

Video: High Quality Talk in Nursery

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10 March 2020

Practical examples, Tips and techniques

Simple-yet-effective techniques to get three year olds talking and keep them focused.

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22 November 2019

Recommended reading

‘Time to Think’ by Nancy Kline

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22 November 2019

Recommended reading

A book which will deepen your understanding of the power of listening.

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17 September 2019

Resources

P4C Ten Steps planning grid

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17 September 2019

Resources

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More free P4C resources

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2 Feb 2024

Learning to ask philosophical questions

2 Feb 2024

How to start a question, and think about whether or not it’s philosophical

2 Feb 2024

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8 Dec 2023

Christmas wonderings from Wonder Ponder

8 Dec 2023

A free, downloadable, shareable booklet

8 Dec 2023

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16 Dec 2022

HomeTalk – Gifts

16 Dec 2022

Seasonal resources from Dialogue Works’ HomeTalk series

16 Dec 2022

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10 Dec 2021

Let's talk about… gifts

10 Dec 2021

Thinking questions for children about gifts, in the latest HomeTalk

10 Dec 2021

13 Aug 2021

Thinking Space resources

13 Aug 2021

Downloadable Philosophy for Children resources

13 Aug 2021

30 Jul 2021

Philosopher's Backpack

30 Jul 2021

A P4C website which includes the fabulous Philosopher’s Backpack

30 Jul 2021

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2 Jul 2021

Concept Sort – which are the big ideas?

2 Jul 2021

Learning to spot concepts in a stimulus

2 Jul 2021

5 Feb 2021

HomeTalk – free weekly resource for families and teachers

5 Feb 2021

A high-quality, easy-to-access resource that gets children talking

5 Feb 2021

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8 Jan 2021

Uplifting concepts

8 Jan 2021

A list of positive ideas including compassion, hope, and celebration - for use in P4C or circle time

8 Jan 2021

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4 Sep 2020

Virtual Circle

4 Sep 2020

A structure to allow all students to participate, even if sitting in a real circle isn’t an option right now.

4 Sep 2020

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24 Oct 2019

4Cs blank grid

24 Oct 2019

24 Oct 2019

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17 Sep 2019

P4C Ten Steps planning grid

17 Sep 2019

17 Sep 2019

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15 Jul 2019

Question Quadrant

15 Jul 2019

15 Jul 2019

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26 Jun 2019

Useful question stems for P4C

26 Jun 2019

26 Jun 2019

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11 Mar 2019

Diamond Nine ranking

11 Mar 2019

11 Mar 2019

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5 Feb 2019

Concept activity - Emotion

5 Feb 2019

5 Feb 2019

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30 Oct 2018

Concept card grid

30 Oct 2018

30 Oct 2018

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10 Sep 2018

Concept activity – Compassion

10 Sep 2018

10 Sep 2018

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30 Aug 2018

P4C stems for facilitators

30 Aug 2018

30 Aug 2018

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19 July 2019

Practical examples

I will... the impact of pupil voice

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19 July 2019

Practical examples

Examples of what staff decided to do differently, after reading pupil voice about talk in their classrooms.

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12 June 2019

Tips and techniques

Talk prompts which enable children to express they're stuck

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12 June 2019

Tips and techniques

I’ve noticed it’s useful to provide Pupil Talk Prompts that enable them to ask for thinking time or help.

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5 June 2019

Tips and techniques

Tips for using lolly sticks

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5 June 2019

Tips and techniques

Lolly sticks are a really simple way to randomly select children, but like anything they need to be used properly.

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11 December 2018

Practical examples

P4C makes teachers better teachers!

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11 December 2018

Practical examples

Over the past few months I’ve been asking teachers whether they think P4C has changed them.

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13 June 2017

Practical examples

What do children think of Hands Up?

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13 June 2017

Practical examples

Pupil Voice is an important part of my Talk Audits; here are some recent responses when I asked Key Stage 2 children their opinions about Hands Up…

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14 December 2016

Thoughts

Talk Audits

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14 December 2016

Thoughts

Introducing my Talk Audits.

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30 November 2016

Research, Thoughts, Practical examples

Curiosity

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30 November 2016

Research, Thoughts, Practical examples

My provocation at Challenge Partners Conference, Blackpool, October 2016: What is more important: developing curiosity or measurable academic progress?