Expanding our Horizons: Discussions of Dialogues in Teaching: Theory and Practice and The World We Created at Hamilton High

Abstract

Introduction:  The time has come for those of us involved in Philosophy for Children to broaden our horizons.  For many of us, the phrase 'community of inquiry' is synonymous with Philosophy for Children.  There is nothing inherently wrong with this association - indeed, Lipman's ultimate legacy may be his appropriation and use of a self-corrective community of inquiry in reconstructing the natural unity of philosophy and pedagogy-, but we can learn from other analysis of the dynamics of such communities and benefit from other narratives chronicling the development of them.  It is with this in mind that I share with the reader my perspective on two recent scholarly works that analyze and illustrate the ideal of a community of inquiry.