Examines whether elementary school children have the interest or ability to understand philosophy. Suggests that philosophical thinking among children should be encouraged and that it should take place in the terms and concepts of ordinary language with which children are comfortable. (Author/DB)

Holds that ethical inquiry, as a "craft," causes students in this area to be "apprentices," and the classroom a "community of inquiry" wherein the tools, methods, practices, and procedures of the craft are imparted. States that the generic procedures of reasoning, necessary for moral reasoning, should be taught within…

This handbook for educators and parents discusses the need to include philosophy in the elementary classroom. The authors point out that as a question-raising discipline, philosophy is appropriate to guide children's natural inquisitiveness through the educational process. It encourages intellectual resourcefulness and flexibility which can enable…