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LEADING A P4C SESSION

This guide outlines the steps to set up and conduct an effective P4C session. Start by arranging seating in a semi-circle, horseshoe, or circle, and establish rules to promote respectful dialogue. Incorporate focusing activities such as calming music and visualizations. Provide thinking time for discussions, allowing children to draw or take notes in journals. Facilitate the generation and compilation of questions, leading to a group debate on a selected topic. End with a summary of key ideas shared during the discussion, reinforcing the importance of collective thinking.

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LEADING A P4C SESSION

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  1. LEADING A P4C SESSION

  2. Setting up • Sit in a semi-circle, horseshoe or circle. • Set RULES: • Look at the person who is talking. • Share thoughts with whole group. • Respect the opinions of others. • Only one person speaking at a time. • Keep positive • Not personal

  3. Focusing activity • An exercise to focus attention on the present. • Calming music • Visualisation • Brain gym • Sit quietly, listening to surrounding sounds • Massage

  4. Stimulus • Story Power point • Picture Sculpture • Artefact Art work • Poem A comment • Music Video clip A school issue • Comic PHSE topic • Newspaper article Historical event • Horoscope Current event Spur of the moment opportunities

  5. Thinking Time • In response to the stimulus, Give children: • Time to think and discuss • Draw or • Make notes Use a P4C Thinking Journal or Whiteboards (evidence)

  6. Questions • In pairs, individuals or groups • Children present the questions, the Facilitator records them on a board or flipchart. • Children make connections between questions. • In groups children compile a question which seems to cover the main aspects. • Facilitator writes amended questions (3 or 4) • 1 question to discuss more fully – agreed by voting, consensus or decision by Facilitator.

  7. Debate • Discuss or debate the chosen question. • The Facilitator keeps discussion ‘on track’ – not leading but punctuating with relevant questions. • FINALLY • The Facilitator brings the discussion to an end • Any final thoughts? • Summarise the thinking and the discussion that has taken place.

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