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EEF: Philosophy sessions ‘boost primary school results’
10 July 2015
Hannah Richardson reported for BBC News on a successful Education Endowment Foundation trial on philosophy in primary schools.
Weekly philosophy sessions in class can boost primary school pupils’ ability in maths and literacy, a study says.
More than 3,000 nine and 10-year-olds in 48 UK schools took part in hour-long sessions aimed at raising their ability to question, reason and form arguments.
A study for the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) found pupils’ ability in reading and maths scores improved by an average of two months over a year.
For disadvantaged children, the study found writing skills were also boosted.
Read her full report here.
The EEF’s report on the trial can be read here.
The report attracted considerable further media coverage, including on BBC and Sky radio, the Today programme and in the Times, with a Times leader, the Guardian Independent, Daily Mirror, Press Association, TES, Schools Week, The Conversation
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