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Early Elementary School Curriculum

 
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  • 01. Elfie, Second Edition (novel) by Matthew Lipman

    01. Elfie, Second Edition (novel)

    Matthew Lipman

    Elfie is in the first grade and is so shy she can’t speak in class and can hardly even formulate a question. Yet little escapes her and her mind puzzles over everything that happens in class and at home. When the principal proposes a contest aimed at improving reasoning, her whole class is caught up in figuring out how sentences work and how distinctions and connections are made. At the same time, Elfie and her classmates discover many distinctions fundamental to inquiry: appearance and reality, the one and the many, parts and wholes, similarity and difference, permanence and change.

  • 02. Getting Our Thoughts Together: Instructional Manual to Accompany 'Elfie', Second Edition by Matthew Lipman

    02. Getting Our Thoughts Together: Instructional Manual to Accompany 'Elfie', Second Edition

    Matthew Lipman

    The cognitive skills emphasized in Elfie – distinction-making and connection-making – are those on which all-subsequent reasoning rests. They are accompanied by the criteria that are appropriate to them: sameness and difference. Other operations like the making of comparisons, the discovery of uniformities, the identification of classes, the formation of concepts, and the formulation of definition, all depend upon the logical infrastructure of these two sets of skills and criteria. Elfie should therefore be seen as the base of the Philosophy for Children program.

  • 03. Elfie, Book 1, 1st Edition (novel) by Matthew Lipman

    03. Elfie, Book 1, 1st Edition (novel)

    Matthew Lipman

    Elfie is in the first grade and is so shy she can’t speak in class and can hardly even formulate a question. Yet little escapes her and her mind puzzles over everything that happens in class and at home. When the principal proposes a contest aimed at improving reasoning, her whole class is caught up in figuring out how sentences work and how distinctions and connections are made. At the same time, Elfie and her classmates discover many distinctions fundamental to inquiry: appearance and reality, the one and the many, parts and wholes, similarity and difference, permanence and change.

  • 04. Getting Our Thoughts Together: Instructional Manual to Accompany 'Elfie, Book One' by Matthew Lipman and Ann Gazzard

    04. Getting Our Thoughts Together: Instructional Manual to Accompany 'Elfie, Book One'

    Matthew Lipman and Ann Gazzard

    The cognitive skills emphasized in Elfie – distinction-making and connection-making – are those on which all-subsequent reasoning rests. They are accompanied by the criteria that are appropriate to them: sameness and difference. Other operations like the making of comparisons, the discovery of uniformities, the identification of classes, the formation of concepts, and the formulation of definition, all depend upon the logical infrastructure of these two sets of skills and criteria. Elfie should therefore be seen as the base of the Philosophy for Children program.

  • 05. Elfie, Book Two, 1st Edition (novel) by Matthew Lipman

    05. Elfie, Book Two, 1st Edition (novel)

    Matthew Lipman

    Elfie is in the first grade and is so shy she can’t speak in class and can hardly even formulate a question. Yet little escapes her and her mind puzzles over everything that happens in class and at home. When the principal proposes a contest aimed at improving reasoning, her whole class is caught up in figuring out how sentences work and how distinctions and connections are made. At the same time, Elfie and her classmates discover many distinctions fundamental to inquiry: appearance and reality, the one and the many, parts and wholes, similarity and difference, permanence and change.

  • 06. Getting Our Thoughts Together: Instructional Manual to Accompany 'Elfie, Book Two' by Matthew Lipman and Ann Gazzard

    06. Getting Our Thoughts Together: Instructional Manual to Accompany 'Elfie, Book Two'

    Matthew Lipman and Ann Gazzard

    The cognitive skills emphasized in Elfie – distinction-making and connection-making – are those on which all-subsequent reasoning rests. They are accompanied by the criteria that are appropriate to them: sameness and difference. Other operations like the making of comparisons, the discovery of uniformities, the identification of classes, the formation of concepts, and the formulation of definition, all depend upon the logical infrastructure of these two sets of skills and criteria. Elfie should therefore be seen as the base of the Philosophy for Children program.

  • 07. Elfie, Book Three, 1st Edition (novel) by Matthew Lipman

    07. Elfie, Book Three, 1st Edition (novel)

    Matthew Lipman

    Elfie is in the first grade and is so shy she can’t speak in class and can hardly even formulate a question. Yet little escapes her and her mind puzzles over everything that happens in class and at home. When the principal proposes a contest aimed at improving reasoning, her whole class is caught up in figuring out how sentences work and how distinctions and connections are made. At the same time, Elfie and her classmates discover many distinctions fundamental to inquiry: appearance and reality, the one and the many, parts and wholes, similarity and difference, permanence and change.

  • 08. Getting Our Thoughts Together: Instructional Manual to Accompany 'Elfie, Book Three' by Matthew Lipman and Ann Gazzard

    08. Getting Our Thoughts Together: Instructional Manual to Accompany 'Elfie, Book Three'

    Matthew Lipman and Ann Gazzard

    The cognitive skills emphasized in Elfie – distinction-making and connection-making – are those on which all-subsequent reasoning rests. They are accompanied by the criteria that are appropriate to them: sameness and difference. Other operations like the making of comparisons, the discovery of uniformities, the identification of classes, the formation of concepts, and the formulation of definition, all depend upon the logical infrastructure of these two sets of skills and criteria. Elfie should therefore be seen as the base of the Philosophy for Children program.

  • 09. Index to Elfie, 1st Edition by Matthew Lipman and Ann Gazzard

    09. Index to Elfie, 1st Edition

    Matthew Lipman and Ann Gazzard

    This Index includes a Table of Contents to the episodes of each chapter of the first edition of 'Elfie' (novel) and the Leading Ideas, Discussion Plans, Exercises, and Activities in each chapter of 'Getting Our Thoughts Together: Instructional Manual to Elfie'.

  • 10. Elfie: Sources and References for Book One by Matthew Lipman

    10. Elfie: Sources and References for Book One

    Matthew Lipman

    This sequential bibliography matches the 1989 edition of Elfie, Book One page by page. It contains both sources—works that influenced Matthew Lipman in writing the novel, references to philosophical works he Ann Gazzard recommend to explore the novels’ philosophical themes, and brief commentary on them by Lipman.

  • 11. ЛІЛЯ (Lilya: Ukrainian translation of Elfie novel) by Matthew Lipman

    11. ЛІЛЯ (Lilya: Ukrainian translation of Elfie novel)

    Matthew Lipman

    Ліля йде в перший клас і така сором'язлива, що не може говорити на уроці і навіть не може сформулювати запитання. Але мало що вислизає від неї, і її розум ламає голову над усім, що відбувається в класі та вдома. Коли директор пропонує конкурс, спрямований на вдосконалення міркувань, увесь її клас займається з’ясуванням того, як працюють речення та як створюються відмінності та зв’язки. У той же час Елфі та її однокласники виявляють багато відмінностей, фундаментальних для дослідження: видимість і реальність, одне і багато, частини і ціле, подібність і відмінність, постійність і зміна.

  • 12. Поміркуймо разом: Посібник для викладачів. Додаток до “Ліля” Частина І [Let’s Think Together: A Guide for Teachers. Supplement to “Lila” Part I] by Matthew Lipman and Ann Gazzard

    12. Поміркуймо разом: Посібник для викладачів. Додаток до “Ліля” Частина І [Let’s Think Together: A Guide for Teachers. Supplement to “Lila” Part I]

    Matthew Lipman and Ann Gazzard

    Когнітивні навички, які наголошуються в Ліля – розрізнення та встановлення зв’язків – це ті навички, на яких ґрунтується подальше міркування. Вони супроводжуються відповідними їм критеріями: однаковість і відмінність. Інші операції, такі як проведення порівнянь, виявлення одноманітності, ідентифікація класів, формування понять і формулювання визначення, все залежить від логічної інфраструктури цих двох наборів навичок і критеріїв. Тому Ліля слід розглядати як основу програми «Філософія для дітей».

  • 13. Поміркуймо разом: Посібник для викладачів. Додаток до “Ліля” Частина ІI [Let’s Think Together: A Guide for Teachers. Supplement to “Lila” Part II] by Matthew Lipman and Ann Gazzard

    13. Поміркуймо разом: Посібник для викладачів. Додаток до “Ліля” Частина ІI [Let’s Think Together: A Guide for Teachers. Supplement to “Lila” Part II]

    Matthew Lipman and Ann Gazzard

    Когнітивні навички, які наголошуються в Ліля – розрізнення та встановлення зв’язків – це ті навички, на яких ґрунтується подальше міркування. Вони супроводжуються відповідними їм критеріями: однаковість і відмінність. Інші операції, такі як проведення порівнянь, виявлення одноманітності, ідентифікація класів, формування понять і формулювання визначення, все залежить від логічної інфраструктури цих двох наборів навичок і критеріїв. Тому Ліля слід розглядати як основу програми «Філософія для дітей».

  • 14. Pixie (novel - eBook) by Matthew Lipman

    14. Pixie (novel - eBook)

    Matthew Lipman

    Pixie is an elementary school student perplexed and delighted by many aspects of her experience. This novel emphasizes relationships (logical, social, familial, aesthetic, causal, part-whole, mathematical, etc.) as well as competence in dealing with such relationships. Ethical concepts include sibling-rivalry, personhood, respect for others, friendship, secrets, promise-keeping, parent-child relationships, obedience, teasing, and autonomy. Readers will find the pages of Pixie strewn with philosophical ideas and puzzles that lead to lively classroom deliberation. The text includes some blank pages for young readers to try their hand at book illustration.

  • 15. Pixie (novel .pdf printable) by Matthew Lipman by Matthew Lipman

    15. Pixie (novel .pdf printable) by Matthew Lipman

    Matthew Lipman

    Pixie is an elementary school student perplexed and delighted by many aspects of her experience. This novel emphasizes relationships (logical, social, familial, aesthetic, causal, part-whole, mathematical, etc.) as well as competence in dealing with such relationships. Ethical concepts include sibling-rivalry, personhood, respect for others, friendship, secrets, promise-keeping, parent-child relationships, obedience, teasing, and autonomy. Readers will find the pages of Pixie strewn with philosophical ideas and puzzles that lead to lively classroom deliberation. The text includes some blank pages for young readers to try their hand at book illustration.

  • 16. Looking for Meaning (manual) by Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp by Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp

    16. Looking for Meaning (manual) by Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp

    Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp

    The philosophical exercises in this manual offer practice in generalization, classification, concept development, making comparisons, offering counterexamples, using analogies and contradiction. Reasoning skills are employed in writing exercises, and in enhancing students' judgment. Discussion plans help students explore philosophical concepts central to their experience, such as friendship, families, honesty and autonomy. All reasoning skills and philosophical concepts are explained in nontechnical language.

  • 17. Pixie (novel; 1981 Edition) by Matthew Lipman

    17. Pixie (novel; 1981 Edition)

    Matthew Lipman

    Pixie is an elementary school student perplexed and delighted by many aspects of her experience. This novel emphasizes relationships (logical, social, familial, aesthetic, causal, part-whole, mathematical, etc.) as well as competence in dealing with such relationships. Ethical concepts include sibling-rivalry, personhood, respect for others, friendship, secrets, promise-keeping, parent-child relationships, obedience, teasing, and autonomy. Readers will find the pages of Pixie strewn with philosophical ideas and puzzles that lead to lively classroom deliberation. The text includes some blank pages for young readers to try their hand at book illustration.

  • 18. Sources and References for Pixie by Matthew Lipman

    18. Sources and References for Pixie

    Matthew Lipman

    This sequential bibliography matches the 1981 edition of Pixie page by page. It contains both sources—works that influenced Matthew Lipman in writing the novel, references to philosophical works he and Ann Margaret Sharp recommend to explore the novels’ philosophical themes, and brief commentary on them by Lipman.

  • 19. Piksi (Slovenian Translation of Pixie novel) by Matthew Lipman

    19. Piksi (Slovenian Translation of Pixie novel)

    Matthew Lipman

    Piksi je osnovnošolka, ki je zmedena in navdušena nad številnimi vidiki svoje izkušnje. Ta roman poudarja odnose (logične, družbene, družinske, estetske, vzročne, del-celota, matematične itd.) kot tudi kompetenco pri obravnavanju takih odnosov. Etični koncepti vključujejo rivalstvo med sorojenci, osebnost, spoštovanje drugih, prijateljstvo, skrivnosti, držanje obljub, odnose med staršem in otrokom, poslušnost, draženje in avtonomijo.

  • 20. Руся (Rusya: Ukrainian translation of Pixie novel) by Matthew Lipman

    20. Руся (Rusya: Ukrainian translation of Pixie novel)

    Matthew Lipman

    Руся — учениця початкової школи, яку спантеличили та захопили багато аспектів її досвіду. У цьому романі наголошується на взаємозв’язках (логічних, соціальних, сімейних, естетичних, причинно-наслідкових, частково-цілих, математичних тощо), а також на компетентності у вирішенні таких зв’язків. Етичні концепції включають суперництво між братом і сестрою, особистість, повагу до інших, дружбу, таємниці, дотримання обіцянок, стосунки між батьками та дітьми, слухняність, дражниння та автономію. Читачі знайдуть сторінки Руся, усипані філософськими ідеями та головоломками, які спонукають до жвавих роздумів у класі. У тексті є кілька порожніх сторінок, на яких маленькі читачі можуть спробувати свої сили в ілюструванні книжок.

  • 21. У Пошуках Значення: Методичний посібник для вчителя до підручника “Руся” [Looking for Meaning: A Teacher's Guide to the novel "Rusya"] by Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp

    21. У Пошуках Значення: Методичний посібник для вчителя до підручника “Руся” [Looking for Meaning: A Teacher's Guide to the novel "Rusya"]

    Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp

    Філософські вправи в цьому посібнику пропонують практику узагальнення, класифікації, розробки понять, порівняння, пропонування контрприкладів, використання аналогій і протиріч. Навички міркування використовуються в письмових вправах і для покращення суджень студентів. Плани обговорення допомагають студентам досліджувати філософські концепції, які є центральними для їхнього досвіду, такі як дружба, сім’я, чесність і автономія. Усі навички міркування та філософські концепції пояснюються нетехнічною мовою.

 
 
 

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