When the class was filmed for a documentary last fall, the Mount Holyoke students used six children’s picture books, each focusing on a different question of philosophy.

Thinking about big questions empowers children to feel more confident about the value of their own ideas, teachers say. By Richard Schiffman “We don’t really need ‘going to school ...

In the latest study, in England, kids in the philosophy classes managed to improve their literacy and numeracy by the equivalent of two months of teaching. All that, with only once-a-week classes ...

Kids will ask their peers to repeat or clarify their previous point, ... "You don't have a teach a philosophy class in order to get philosophical inquiry into the classroom," says Lone, ...

At school we are learning about philosophy. The Oceanside High School kids who are taking philosophy class came into our school to teach us. Philosophy is the study of knowledge. When they first ...

During most of my early adulthood, philosophy had little appeal to me. I lasted no more than three weeks in a Philosophy 101 class in college, perplexed and bored by the way that far-fetched ...

Parents believe children should embrace philosophy, over cakes and fruit juice. PARIS, June 3, 2010— -- While young Americans spend time playing video games or ball in their backyards, French ...