University of Galway

This is a service learning course focusing on an educational approach to learning called Philosophy for Children (P4C). P4C is a form of inquiry-based learning that encourages critical thinking through democratic dialogue. The course provides students with a theoretical introduction to the P4C pedagogy, the opportunity to experience the pedagogy as members of a community of inquiry, and the skills needed to become a P4C facilitator. Students develop their own facilitation practice by delivering P4C workshops (in pairs) to groups of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students from a primary school located in Galway city.