Concept Collision helps us to understand two similar concepts more fully. This resource is a ready-to-use example. The overlapping Venn diagram helps pupils to think about which examples might be only adventure, or only bravery, and which might be both – or neither.
Where would you or your pupils place the examples?
Concept Collision
Something I like about the updated SAPERE Level 1 P4C training is the distinction between philosophical enquiries and philosophical exercises. Concept-stretching activities like Concept Collision can form part of a repertoire of philosophical exercises that you can use across the curriculum to develop thinking.
Meanwhile, here are three more pairs of concepts which you could explore using Concept Collision:
happiness-contentment
kindness-compassion
technology-development
