Effecasy of Philosophy for Children Program (P4C) on the problem solving abilities and Moral Judgment of students

Authors
soheila jalilian 1
Ehsan azimpoor 2
fariba jalilian 3
1 Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz
2 Tabriz University
3 Boali sina University of hamedan
10.18869/acadpub.erj.3.32.80
Abstract
This study examined the effects of Philosophy for Children Program (P4C) on the problem solving abilities and Moral Judgment of nurturance in the third Grade Primary Students of east Eslam Abad. The Population of this research was all the girl students in the third Grade in 2014- 2015 academic year. The research method a pre-test post-test design with control group was used. To this end, we chose 80 students to random cluster sampling in two groups experimental (n=40) and control (n=40) through randomized placement technique. For data gathering in this research the Long and Cassidy problem-solving questionnaire (1996) and Moral Judgment Test (MJT) were used. After this, the philosophy for children program was performed in 12 sessions for the experimental group. At the end of this intervention, post-tests was performed on participates of both groups. The results of analysis of covariance showed that the difference between the means of the two groups was significant (p<0.001), In other words of teaching philosophy to children to enhance students' problem solving ability and moral judgment had a positive effect. Also, the effect of the increase in problem-solving and moral judgment teaching philosophy to children by gender were not significant.
Keywords
philosophy teaching program (P4C )
problem solving
Moral Judgment
gender
primary school students
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