Notes
Brain Strain is a fun way to encourage good reasoning, critical thinking and social skills through a ‘Philosophy for children’ approach. Using group discussion of interesting issues, including ethical dilemmas, the following thinking techniques are taught: -finding problems -questioning -making and testing hypotheses -defining -finding analogies -considering connections and distinctions. The program encourages the development of social skills - speaking confidently in a group, careful listening, agreeing and disagreeing in a reasonable manner, and respecting the opinions of others. Brain Strain 2 is suitable for students aged 10yrs and older.Contents
Contents : Godfrey invented a machine that was supposed to make the cat and the chicken have each other’s thoughts. “I’m just a bit worried that the chicken might not have any thoughts,” he said. But that wasn’t the real problem. When strange things started happening in Godfrey’s shed, thoughts seemed to be all over the place. In this and other stories in this book, your ideas are needed to sort things out. That’s when you start to get Brain Strain!
