Journal Articles

Continuing Lipman's and Sharp's pioneering work on philosophy for children: Using Harry to foster critical thinking in Hong Kong students

Title:
Continuing Lipman's and Sharp's pioneering work on philosophy for children: Using Harry to foster critical thinking in Hong Kong students
Authors:
- Lam, Chi Ming Dept. of International Education and Lifelong Learning, Hong Kong Institute of Education
Source:
Educational Research & Evaluation, 18(2), 187-203, 2012
Publisher:
Routledge
Year Published:
2012
Education Categories:
Keywords:
Philosophy For Children Secondary School Pupils Reasoning Critical Thinking Philosophy Secondary Education Lipman, Matthew Sharp, Ann Margaret
Region:
- Hong Kong
Period:
- 1997.7 onwards
Level:
- Secondary Education
Abstract:
This article reports the results of the first systematic, though only exploratory, study that assesses the effectiveness of the Philosophy for Children (commonly known as P4C) programme in promoting children's critical thinking in Hong Kong. Forty-two Secondary 1 students volunteered for this study, from whom 28 students were randomly selected and randomly assigned to 2 groups of 14 each: one receiving P4C lessons and the other receiving English lessons. The students who were taught P4C were found to show a greater improvement in the reasoning test performance than those who were not, to be capable of doing philosophy, and to have a positive attitude towards doing philosophy in the classroom. It was also found that P4C played a major role in developing the students' critical thinking, and that 10 crucial factors contributed to the success of the P4C programme.
[Copyright of Educational Research & Evaluation is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2012.658669]
Language:
- English
Document Type:
Journal Articles
ISSN:
- 13803611
DOI:
- 10.1080/13803611.2012.658669
Permalink:
https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/5036bca6
Entry Date:
2014-01-18