Developing a Philosophy-Based Curriculum for children with an exploratory approach in the fourth elementary school

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tahereh  nezamianpoor ¹ (Student PhD in Philosophy of Education, Sari University of Technology, Sari, Iran)
ladan  salimi ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum Planning, Sari Branch, Sari University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran)
vahid  fallah ³ (Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Education and Curriculum Sari Branch, Sari University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran)

Received: 2019-07-11 Accepted : 2019-07-30 Published : 2019-08-23

Keywords: curriculum, philosophy for children, fourth elementary school,

Abstract :

The purpose of the research is to develop a curriculum for the teaching of philosophy for children with an exploratory approach in the fourth elementary school. This research has been conducted as a qualitative research using qualitative case study method. Participants in the qualitative section were professionals, scholars, and researchers in the field of philosophy and curriculum. Using the snowball sampling technique and theoretical saturation, interviews were conducted with keynote speakers. Using the findings, the curriculum framework for legal education for high school philosophy for children with scientific research approach was developed for the fourth elementary element in the form of four design elements and curriculum. The content elements include (classification, allegory, total relationship, and other, the relation of the medium and the purpose and the meanings) the element of the method included (discussion Group development, group development, question and answer, narrator intervention, thought expression, brainstorming, scientific excavation) and evaluation (internal, process, outsourcing, feedback) were considered in curriculum design and design