The If Machine

Download or read book The If Machine written by Peter Worley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12-23 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each session in this practical book offers an imaginary situation, followed by a series of questions to encourage children to challenge key philosophical ideas such as values and ethics, gender and identity, and existence and beauty. All the enquiries have been tried and tested, and a handy star system is included to indicate the difficulty level of each one. With a comprehensive introduction and key sections on the philosophy behind the experiments, this book also includes an online teacher's resource to guide practitioners through using the sessions to best effect in the classroom.