Childhood, Philosophy and Open Society - Implications for education in Confucian Heritage Cultures

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Chi-Ming Lam

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Chi-Ming Lam - Childhood, Philosophy and Open Society - Implications for education in Confucian Heritage Cultures.
�The purpose of this book is to develop a theory and practice of education from Karl Popper's non-justificationist philosophy for promoting an open... Lire la suite
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�The purpose of this book is to develop a theory and practice of education from Karl Popper's non-justificationist philosophy for promoting an open society. Specifically, the book is designed to develop an educational programme for fostering critical thinking in children, particularly when they are involved in group discussion.The study conducted an experiment to assess the effectiveness of Matthew Lipman's Philosophy for Children (P4C) programme in promoting Hong Long (Chinese) children's critical thinking.
Forty-two Secondary 1 students volunteered for the experiment, from whom 28 students were randomly selected and randomly assigned to two groups of 14 each: one receiving P4C lessons and the other receiving English lessons. The students who were taught P4C were found to perform better in the reasoning test than those who were not, to be capable of discussing philosophical problems in a competent way, and to have a very positive attitude towards doing philosophy in the classroom.
It was also found that P4C played a major role in developing the students' critical thinking.Considering that the construction of children by adults as incompetent in the sense of lacking reason, maturity, or independence reinforces the traditional structure of adult authority over children in society, it runs counter to the goal of fostering critical thinking in children. As a way to return justice to childhood and to effectively promote critical thinking in children, the present study suggested reconstructing the concept of childhood, highlighting the importance of establishing a coherent public policy on promotion of agency in children and also the importance of empowering them to participate actively in research, legal, and educational institutions.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    04/05/2013
  • Editeur
  • Collection
    Education in the Asia-Pacific Region
  • ISBN
    9789814451055
  • EAN
    9789814451055
  • Présentation
    Cartonné
  • Poids
    0.443 Kg
  • Dimensions
    15,9 cm × 24,4 cm × 1,7 cm

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