Original scientific paper
PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN – THE CASE STUDY OF LITTLE PHILOSOPHY
Bruno Ćurko
; Institut za filozofiju Zagreb
Ivana Kragić
; studentica Sveučilišta u Zadru, Odjel za kroatistiku
Abstract
The educational systems are increasingly focusing on education, with the
upbringing aspect of the system being slowly disappearing. One of the tendencies that
aims to reintroduce the sense of upbringing into the education system is the programme
called Philosophy for Children. The founder of this programme is Matthew Lipman,
who also founded the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children (IAPC).
This institute has its branch offices in 46 countries in the world. The aim of the
programme Philosophy for Children is to train pupils for critical and creative thinking.
The second part of the paper presents a class outline for a class in Little philosophy that
is organized as an experimental programme in the private primary school Nova in
Zadar, for pupils in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade.
Keywords
philosophy for children; creative thinking; critical thinking; Little philosophy; , values
Hrčak ID:
36899
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Publication date:
2.12.2008.
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