The ‘Community of Enquiry’ Structure
The Community of Enquiry used in P4C has a
structure consisting of ten steps: preparation,
stimulus, thinking time, first thoughts, question
forming, question airing, question selection, first
words, dialogue and last words.
Many of the projects mentioned in this resource
have been inspired by this structure but few use it
faithfully as a blue print. Instead they might extend
it, or focus on one particular area in greater depth.
There are however some indispensable features
of a philosophical enquiry – broadly understood -