Dialogues with Children

by Gareth B. Matthews

Book Overview

Every week for a year, a professional philosopher and eight children at a school in Edinburgh met to craft stories reflecting philosophical problems. The philosopher, Gareth B. Matthews, believes that children are far more able and eager to think abstractly than adults generally recognize. This engaging book has profound implications for education and for our understating of the range of relationships between adults and children. With the example...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674202848
• ISBN13: 9780674202849
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 121 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"