The Effectiveness of Philosophy Education Program for children on Critical Thinking and its Components in female Students

Mohammad  Abbasi; Zabih  Pirani; Mohammad Reza  Sarmadi; Davoud  Taghvaee

Authors

Mohammad Abbasi Ph.D. student, Department of Educational Sciences, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran Author https://orcid.org/0031-9475-3284-6005
Zabih Pirani Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran Author https://orcid.org/0031-9475-3284-6005
Mohammad Reza Sarmadi Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, IRAN Author https://orcid.org/0031-9475-3284-6005
Davoud Taghvaee Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran Author https://orcid.org/0031-9475-3284-6005

Keywords:

philosophy education to children, critical thinking, female students

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the present research is to review the effectiveness of philosophy education program for children on critical thinking and its components in elementary fourth-grader girl students. Material and method: This was a semi-experimental study with designing pretest and posttest and the control group with following-up phase. Findings: This statistical population consists of elementary fourth-grader girl students in Arak, district 2. The sample of this research consists of 50 students that were selected by convenience sampling method and divided to two control and test groups. Shabani (1999) critical thinking questionnaire was used for data collection. Discussion: The results of covariance analysis showed that execution of the philosophy education program for children improves critical thinking, recognition ability, analogizing, and judgments in children (P<0.05). Furthermore, the effectiveness of philosophy education program for children was durable in fallowing-up test.