Marie Huxtable is a senior educational psychologist, working within an English local authority. Ros Hurford has been a classroom teacher for over twenty years. Her aim is to help awaken or rekindle the curiosity for learning that we are born with. Joy Mounter is a Headteacher in Somerset , writer and researcher of learning.

Table of Contents

Build self-confidence through creative thinking activities philosophy is a fast growing and exciting area of creative development in primary phase education. In this practical introductory book, two teachers and a psychologist provide details of:

How to begin this process in classrooms

Outlines of particularly successful sessions

Case studies drawn from real experience in primary classrooms

Resources and ideas to help get you started.

Your pupils will develop:

Playful and experimental thinking outside the box

The ability to pose questions that are important to them and create answers that are reasoned and reasonable

Awareness and appreciation of themselves and others as 'knowledge creators'

Confidence and ability to challenge their own thinking and the status quo.

About the Author

Huxtable, Marie; Hurford, Rosalind; Mounter, Joy; Maines, Barbara; Robinson, George