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ISBN
0-8191-5471-7
Publication Date
1986
Publisher
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children
Number of Pages
692
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Summary
This instructional manual for the novel Kio & Gus aims at helping children think about the world by encouraging them to acquire reasoning and inquiry skills. Through hundreds of exercises and discussion plans, children are shown how these cognitive skills can be applied to the concepts by means of which we understand the world of nature. As a result, this program is an ideal introduction to science and environmental education, as well as an excellent language arts curriculum. There is also a strong ethical thread in the novel revolving around a myriad of issues in environmental ethics, our relationships with animals and nature and the fostering of ethical perception.
Excerpt
EXERCISE: Recognizing nonsense
Part I: Rewrite the following sentences so that they make sense.
1. Teddy said, "I have three brothers: Ron, Lew and myself."
2. Grace said, "I think it's nicer in the city than it is in the summer."
3. Manuel said, "Yesterday I saw an anger gnawing on a bone."
4. Trudy said, "The men killed the snake and afterwards it walked away."
5. Lois said, "I think it's better on Mondays than it is washing dishes."
Part Two: Complete the following sentences so that they don't make sense.
1. Teddy said, "Yesterday I saw twelve ____________________ in the sky.
2. Grace said, "I think it's better to live than to _______________________ .
3. Manuel said, "I'd rather be in _____________ than in the United States."
4. Trudy said, "I think I'll have a slice of _____________ instead of bread."
5. Lois said, "Since Gail's my sister, I must be her ___________________ ."
Part Three: Consider the following mistakes and see if any of them correspond
to what is wrong in the ten instances cited above.
a. classification mistake
b. category mistake
c. absurdity (violation of accepted natural laws)
d. misunderstanding of family relationships
Translations
- Catalan translation (Spain): Lipman, Matthew and Ann Margaret Sharp (1996) Admirant el món: manual d'instruccions per acompanyar el Kio i Gus. Translated and adapted by Josep-Maria Terricabras. Girona, Spain: Eumo Editorial, Universitat de Girona. ISBN 9788476029336. Available online here: PART 1 PART 2.
- Chinese translation (PRC): Lipman, Matthew and Ann Margaret Sharp (1997) 好奇世界 [Curious World]. Translated by 李尚武 (Li Shangwu). 太原: 山西教育出版社 [Tai yuan: Shan xi jiao yu chu ban she].
- French translation (Quebec, Canada): Lipman, Matthew and Ann Margaret Sharp (1997) S'étonner devant le monde. guide d'accompagnement du roman Kio et Augustine. [Need translator, place of publication, publisher and ISBN.] Available for purchase here.
- Italian translation (Italy): Lipman, Matthew (2000) Stupirsi di fronte al mondo. Ragionare sulla natura. Manuale di «Kio e Gus». Translated and adapted by Marina Santi. Naples, Italy: Liguori Editore. ISBN 9788820729912. Available for purchase here.
- Portuguese translation (Brazil): Lipman, Matthew and Ann Margaret Sharp (1995) Issao e Guga: maravilhando-se com o mundo, manual do professor [Issao e Guga: marveling at the world, teacher's manual]. Translated by Ana Luiza Falcone. São Paulo, Brazil: Difusão de Educação e Cultura.
- Spanish translation (Spain): Lipman, Matthew and Ann Margaret Sharp (1993) Asombrándose ante el mundo. Manual del profesor para acompañar a Kio Y Gus. Translated and adapted by Jose Luis Tasset Carmona. Madrid, Spain: Ediciones de la Torre. ISBN 9788479600160. Available for purchase here.
Keywords
animals, blindness, courage, creativity, environmental ethics, fear, language, make-believe, nature
Disciplines
Early Childhood Education | Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Lipman, Matthew and Ann Margaret Sharp (1986) Wondering at the World: Instructional Manual to Accompany Kio and Gus. Montclair, NJ: Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children.
