1st Edition

Picturebooks, Pedagogy and Philosophy

By Joanna Haynes, Karin Murris Copyright 2012
284 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

298 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Contemporary picturebooks open up spaces for philosophical dialogues between people of all ages. As works of art, picturebooks offer unique opportunities to explore ideas and to create meaning collaboratively. This book considers censorship of certain well-known picturebooks, challenging the assumptions on which this censorship is based. Through a lively exploration of children’s responses to... Read more

Introduction: Censorship and Controversy in the Classroom  Part One: Provocative Picturebooks  1. Playing with Dangerous Picturebooks  2. Not So Innocent Picturebooks  3. From Philosophical Novels to Picturebooks  4. Picturebooks as Philosophical Texts  5. Emotions and Picturebooks  6. Literary and Philosophical Responses to Picturebooks  Part Two: Being Child  7. Slippage Between Realms  8. Talking Dogs and Moving Bears: The Realm of Meaning  9. Philosophy, Adult and Child  10. Authenticity of Knowledge and Understanding  Part Three: Philosophical Listening  11. Listening and Juggling in Philosophical Space  12. Listening and Not Listening in Schools  13. Towards a Critical Practice of Philosophical Listening.  Appendix A: List of Picturebooks Discussed in the Book

Biography

Joanna Haynes is Associate Professor in Education Studies at the University of Plymouth, England.

Karin Murris is Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

"Overall, this book made me reflect upon, yet again, the purpose of education and its aim to be a humanising endeavour. The book raises questions about the role and expectations of teachers and implies that P4C can give answers… It has reminded me that it is the relationships and interactions between teacher and learner that is the key part of the educative process."- Kate Duffy, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education, University of Sunderland, Other Education - The Journal of Educational Alternatives, Volume 3 (2014), Issue 2 · pp. 98-101

"[Picturebooks, Pedagogy and Philosophy] provides no easy answers for the uses of picture books but instead is a comprehensive examination of how picture books contribute to our understanding of pedagogy and philosophy. This book demands a close reading as the authors have extracted a rich vein of knowledge from their wide and diverse reading, and integrates their experience and wisdom as illustrated by the well-woven fabric of critique and examples that are at the heart of this work." ANALYTIC TEACHING AND PHILOSOPHICAL PRAXIS