This study deals with an empirical research carried out in an Italian Elementary School involved in a Philosophy for Children Project. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of philosophical discussions on children reasoning skills. The hypothesis is that the Philosophy for Children affects the positive development of informal reasoning skills, argumentative competencies, and the acquisition of collaborative inquiry styles of discourse in children. To check this hypothesis, three kinds of pre-tests and post-tests were administered to the groups.The data analysis confirms the research hypothesis as regard the development of argumentative skills and the transfer of inquiry talk in children involved in Philosophy for Children Project.
DEMOCRACY AND INQUIRY. THE INTERNALIZATION OF COLLABORATIVE RULES IN A COMMUNITY OF PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE
SANTI, MARINA
2007
Abstract
This study deals with an empirical research carried out in an Italian Elementary School involved in a Philosophy for Children Project. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of philosophical discussions on children reasoning skills. The hypothesis is that the Philosophy for Children affects the positive development of informal reasoning skills, argumentative competencies, and the acquisition of collaborative inquiry styles of discourse in children. To check this hypothesis, three kinds of pre-tests and post-tests were administered to the groups.The data analysis confirms the research hypothesis as regard the development of argumentative skills and the transfer of inquiry talk in children involved in Philosophy for Children Project.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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