Five-year-olds taught philosophy (?)

Students are encouraged to ask 'what is art', 'what is music' Five-year-old children are being asked to ponder on philosophical questions about life, death and God in an east London state school. Gallions Primary School in Warsall, Beckton, started the Philosophy for Children course in 2004 for pupils from reception age upwards. Schoolteachers have been trained in the course and they say their pupils' behaviour has improved. Recently the school launched a DVD which showcases the course's impact. The community school has pupils from multi-racial and multi-lingual backgrounds mirroring the area's diversity. Head teacher Paul Jackson said: "Nearly all the children who came to our school did so because they had failed at their previous schools. They, and their parents, were disillusioned with the concept of education."

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