Contents	8
	Illustrations	10
	Preface to Second Edition	11
	Acknowledgements	13
	Introduction	14
	Part I Voices from the classroom	18
	Chapter 1 Thought-provoking conversations	20
	Chapter 2 Making room for children to participate	28
	Part II Thinking about thinking	38
	Chapter 3 A distinctive approach to thinking through dialogue	40
	Chapter 4 What kind of thinking are we teaching?	52
	Chapter 5 Thinking, democracy and citizenship	66
	Part III Teaching through enquiry and dialogue	74
	Chapter 6 Encouraging listening	76
	Chapter 7 Respecting children’s ideas	85
	Chapter 8 Relaxing, meditating and being silent	92
	Chapter 9 Feeling for the philosophical	106
	Chapter 10 Working with different age groups	118
	Chapter 11 Holding and extending threads of thinking	126
	Chapter 12 Planning and monitoring progress in enquiry	135
	Part IV The benefits of philosophy with children	144
	Chapter 13 Developing teaching skills through philosophy	146
	Chapter 14 Thinking and learning in the whole curriculum	157
	Chapter 15 What difference can philosophy make to children’s learning?	168
	References	177
	Index	184