Philosophy could help pupils discuss hard topics such as Gaza war, says NEU

Philosophy could help pupils discuss hard topics such as Gaza war, says NEU

Union chief calls for subject to be embedded in England’s curriculum to offer students a ‘dialogic approach’

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The leader of the UK’s biggest education union has called for philosophy to be embedded in England’s school curriculum, allowing more time for pupils to discuss difficult world topics such as conflict in the Middle East.

As schools sought the best way to mark the first anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel and the war in Gaza, Daniel Kebede, the general secretary of the National Education Union, said there was not enough space in the curriculum for classroom discussion of the issue.

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