The Impact of Philosophy-based Curriculum on Children's Action-Based Thinking Based

Subject Areas : Educational Science

Majid Amiri ¹ , setareh Mousavi ²

1 - Isfahan
2 - University of Isfahan

Received: 2017-07-05 Accepted : 2018-01-22 Published : 2018-06-20

Keywords: Children, Philosophy-oriented curriculum, Action-thinking thinking,

Abstract :

Paying attention to philosophy-oriented curriculum as an integral part of improving public thinking skills is growing worldwide. Due to the positive effects of Philosophy-oriented curriculum, this study was conducted to evaluate the impact of Philosophy-oriented curriculum on children ' thinking skills based on Islamic teachings. In this quasi-experimental study Fifth grade students at Shahreza were randomly selected and then divided into control and case groups, each group contained 56 members. Data gathering device was researcher-made questionnaire on action-seeking thinking and data was analyzed by SPSS- 18. The findings of this study indicated that philosophy-oriented curriculum causes significant improvement in the children' thinking skills (Detect, change and evaluate the issue) philosophy-oriented curriculum is effective in improving the quality of thinking skills of children so it canbe considered as a useful measure in this field. Keywords: Philosophy-oriented curriculum, Action Planning Thought, Children, Islam Keywords: Philosophy-oriented curriculum, Action Planning Thought, Children, Islam, s