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

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

• Lam, Chi Ming Dept. of International Education and Lifelong Learning, Hong Kong Institute of Education

Educational Research & Evaluation, 18(2), 187-203, 2012

Routledge

2012

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GF Humanities & Arts
• F Learning & Teaching
  • FC Critical Thinking, Learning Techniques, Time
• C Psychology & Learning
  • CE Mental Process, Memory & Problem Solving

Philosophy For Children Secondary School Pupils Reasoning Critical Thinking Philosophy Secondary Education Lipman, Matthew Sharp, Ann Margaret

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

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.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2012.658669]

• English

Journal Articles

• 13803611

• 10.1080/13803611.2012.658669

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/5036bca6

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