School workshops
Discussion with purpose
Sessions that invite students to raise questions, give reasons and think aloud with one another.
Harrow Institute of Philosophy
Bringing philosophy into schools.
HIP introduces young people to philosophical thinking through dialogue, questioning and inquiry — creating space in schools for students to explore ideas rather than simply receive answers.
What HIP is for
Our first concern is simple: philosophy should have a living place in education. Young people deserve time to question, reason and encounter ideas together.
Philosophy in schools
The heart of HIP.
HIP is developing thoughtful, accessible ways to bring philosophical discussion into school life. The work is educational first: practical, rigorous and shaped around young people.
Philosophy sessions
Ideas in the classroom
Careful encounters with philosophical questions that connect to the way young people live and learn now.
Growing provision
Built with schools
HIP is at an early stage and wants to develop its work in conversation with teachers, pupils and educational partners.
Interested in philosophical inquiry for your school? We would be glad to start with a conversation.
Enquire about a school sessionHow HIP teaches
Not answers first.
Questions first.
Philosophy is not simply a body of theories to memorise. It is a disciplined way of paying attention: asking good questions, giving reasons and learning how to disagree without closing the conversation.
Questioning assumptions
Giving and weighing reasons
Listening carefully
Responding to disagreement
Changing one’s mind when warranted
Thinking independently
Beyond the lesson
Students who discover a love of inquiry should have places to continue it.
HIP’s intellectual community is growing from the school work: opportunities for young people to keep discussing, reading and meeting others who care about ideas.
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