Philosophy for Children: Experiences in Singapore

• 영문명: Philosophy for Children: Experiences in Singapore
• 발행기관: 대한사고개발학회
• 저자명: Tock Keng Lim
• 간행물 정보: 『The International Journal of Creativity & Problem Solving』제11권 제2호, 89~98쪽, 전체 10쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2001.10.31

영문 초록

This paper highlights the experiences of the "Philosophy for Children Programme" in Singapore. The programme attempts to create a community of inquiry in the classroom to facilitate students to discuss common philosophical issues for which there are no right or wrong answers. The initial experiences in a primary and secondary schools in 1992 were extremely difficult. Students were reluctant to discuss and teachers tended to monopolise the session, with the students giving monosyllabic answers or trying to explain their answers. As time went on, the situation improved. Both formative and summative evaluation were also carried out on the programme. While formative evaluation indicated that the programme was indeed successful, there were some problems with summative evaluation. New instruments had to be written for the summative evaluation. These instruments were successfully pilot-tested out in the Singapore programme and would be tried out in the programmes of other countries.

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INTRODUCTION

EXPERIENCES IN SOME SCHOOLS

FORMATIVE EVALUATION

CONCLUSION

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