Στην εργασία αυτή εξετάσαμε αν και κατά πόσο μπορεί ένα πρόγραμμα Φιλοσοφίας για Παιδιά (ΦγΠ), να εφαρμοστεί στο ελληνικό νηπιαγωγείο. Με άλλα λόγια, προσπαθήσαμε να δούμε εάν τα παραμύθια με τις συγκεκριμένες θεματικές που επιλέχθηκαν, ευαισθητοποίησαν τα παιδιά, για να συζητήσουν φιλοσοφικά θέματα. Για να διερευνήσουμε αυτό, χρησιμοποιήσαμε δύο σχολεία, το ένα ως πειραματική ομάδα και το άλλο ως ομάδα ελέγχου. Εδώ, εξετάσαμε αν, στο χώρο που υλοποιήθηκε η ερευνητική παρέμβαση (πειραματική ομάδα), συμμετείχαν περισσότερα παιδιά, αν συνεργάζονταν καλύτερα, αν υπήρξε μεγαλύτερη δυνατότητα για έρευνα, αλλά και για ανάπτυξη κριτικής και δημιουργικής σκέψης. Συμπεράναμε πως τα παιδιά, ύστερα από κατάλληλη παρέμβαση, (πειραματική ομάδα) η οποία στηρίχθηκε σε ερωτήματα, που διερευνούσαν το θέμα του εκάστοτε παραμυθιού, συνεργάστηκαν σε μεγάλο βαθμό, ακούγοντας προσεκτικά τους συνομιλητές τους και διαμορφώνοντας αντίστοιχα τη δική τους άποψη. Ταυτόχρονα, διαπιστώσαμε πως, τα παιδιά αυτά, είχαν μεγαλύτερη δυνατότητα για έρευνα, διαχειριζόμενα καλύτερα τις ερωτήσεις που τους θέτονταν και κάνοντας σε δεύτερο επίπεδο τις δικές τους ερωτήσεις. Το πιο σημαντικό όμως είναι πως, ανέπτυξαν, σε μεγάλο βαθμό, την κριτική τους σκέψη, έχοντας τη δυνατότητα να στηρίξουν με λογικά επιχειρήματα την άποψή τους. Το ίδιο συνέβη και με τη δημιουργική σκέψη, όπου απέκτησαν τη δυνατότητα να κάνουν γενικεύσεις και να διερευνούν υποθετικούς συλλογισμούς. / In this study, we examined whether or not a program of Philosophy for Children can be implemented to the Greek kindergarten system. In other words, we tried to see if the stories which were used, made children more sensitive, in order to discuss philosophical issues. We used two schools to investigate this subject, one as the experimental group and the other as the controller. Here we examined, whether implementation of the experimental group included more children, had better cooperation with each other and created more opportunities for research. We also investigated if the children developed critical and creative thinking. We concluded that children, after appropriate intervention to the experimental group, based on questions that explored the theme of each story, cooperated with each other through listening carefully to the speakers and respectively forming their own opinions. Simultaneously, we found that these children had a greater opportunity for research by answering questions and putting forward their own. The most important thing is that they have developed to a larger extent, critical thinking, having the ability to support logical arguments of their own opinion. At the same time, children, developed creative thinking, to which they developed generalizations and the ability to explore hypothetical reasoning.

Στην εργασία αυτή ασχοληθήκαμε με τη θεωρία της φιλοσοφίας για παιδιά και τους θεωρητικούς που ασχολήθηκαν με αυτό το πρόγραμμα. Επίσης παρουσιάζουμε την πρακτική που ακολουθείται σε ένα πρόγραμμα φιλοσοφίας για παιδιά. Τέλος παραθέτουμε την πιλοτική έρευνα που πραγματοποιήσαμε σε δύο νηπιαγωγεία της Πάτρας κατά την οποία εφαρμόσαμε το πρόγραμμα ΦγΠ σε μια ομάδα ελέγχου και σε μια πειραματική ομάδα. / In this project we give a presentation of the theory and practise of Philosophy for Children and those who established this programme. Moreover we present a pilot research that took place in two preschools in Patras,where we put into practice philosophy for children in a trial and a transcript team.

Nel contesto contemporaneo, caratterizzato da una diffusa complessità e da crescente ostilità, un'efficace educazione degli adulti deve connotarsi come un'incessante opportunità di risignificazione esistenziale, sia a livello personale che comunitario. Inoltre, deve sostenere le persone nell'acquisizione di conoscenze e fornire loro nuovi strumenti. Questa ricerca vuole porre in evidenza le potenzialità del metodo creato da Matthew Lipman per l'educazione degli adulti. In particolare vuole mostrare il suo possibile uso per il dialogo intergenerazionale tra adulti e adolescenti. / In the present scenario, characterized by a widespread complexity and an increasing hostility, an efficient adult education should connote itself as a constant opportunity of renewing the existential meaning of life, both on an individual and on a community level. Moreover, it should support people in acquiring knowledge and new technical devices. This research is s aimed at highlighting the potentialities of the method created by Matthew Lipman for adult education. In particular I will explain its use in intergenerational dialogue paths between adults and adolescents.

Quarante ans après l’apparition des ateliers philosophiques en classe (DVP), se pose toujours la question de la valeur effective et des retombées de ces pratiques sur les apprentissages et la socialisation. Le repérage et la caractérisation des mouvements de pensée réflexive est une question clé lorsqu’on s’intéresse à mesurer l’efficience de ces pratiques. La thèse contribue à étendre et approfondir l’étude des données langagières pour mettre à disposition de la communauté scientifique des résultats inédits concernant ces dialogues d’un genre nouveau. Le travail s’appuie sur une double collecte de données : au primaire et au collège. Les résultats de thèse sont disposés sur un triple niveau. Premièrement, nous avons pu caractériser les phénomènes de réflexivité en décrivant les philosophèmes, en prenant appui sur des marques formelles en langue pour rendre compte du processus dynamique de la pensée collective. Ce travail effectué à l’aide du logiciel de transcription et d’annotation linguistique ELAN a été possible grâce à l’élaboration d’une méthodologie inédite. Deuxièmement, nous avons élaboré des résultats didactiques ou nous avons dégagé quelques facteurs (niveau scolaire, âge, etc.) qui favorisent la réflexivité en classe et son développement chez l’enfant et qui sont particulièrement actifs et/ ou significatifs au sein de ces discussions. Finalement, dans la troisième partie, nous décrivons la mise en ligne du corpus du genre « discussion à visée philosophique » pour qu’ils servent de corpus de référence pour la communauté en sciences humaines, sur une plateforme spécialement conçue à cet effet : Philosophèmes. / Forty years after invention of philosophy for children (P4) by Mathiew Lipman, the question of effects of those workshops on children still remains present. Characterising of reflexive thought’s movements is a key factor while we are interested about measuring the efficiency of P4C on children. This dissertation has a part in extending the study of linguistics data issued from P4C workshops and makes available a quantity of results issued from this analysis. The work is grounded on double set of data issued from primary schools and secondary schools in France. The results are on triple level. Firstly, we characterised the reflexive phenomenon during P4C that we called philosophemes. We leaned on the formal language marks to highlight the dynamic process of collective thinking. This work, conducted with linguistic annotator ELAN, was possible by elaboration of specific and unique methodology. Secondly, we elaborated the results for a possible use by teachers, which concern the factors (pupils’ school level, age, etc.) that influence the thinking during P4C workshops. Finally, in the third part of work, we described the elaboration of internet platform Philosophemes when our results and corpora are available for the scientific and scholar communities.

This thesis considers aspects of Piaget's and Kohlberg's theories of the moral development and education of children. It takes into consideration an old but valuable study of the development of character in children. As a possible alternative model to that provided by Kohlberg we suggest the inclusion of the Philosophy for Children programme into schools. Prior to the elaboration of this proposition we critically analyse certain philosophical concepts put forward by both Piaget and Kohlberg. Our aim here has been to suggest that there are underlying philosophical weaknesses which have a hidden but important impact on the acceptability of aspects of their work. We express our concern at the acceptance of Kohlberg's work in schools and point out why this is unsatisfactory. We put forward what we take to be an acceptable position in introducing moral education into schools and we put forward an approach where this can take place within the context of a broader educational programme and which includes the Philosophy for Children programme.

This text is structured into four chapters and it examines the interest of children in philosophy classes. This search: "Communities Investigate - Memories of Educational Subjects on the experiences of Philosophy Classes for Children", shows the experience of philosophical dialogues with the child public. This is the central theme: the seek for memories of the subject and my philosophical experiences when I was a responsible for the planning, design of projects, choice of experiences and drawing up targets to be worked in the processes of discussion with children. This project occurred at São José, a school that belongs to a Franciscan Congregation in Erechim, since 2001 to 2005. Thus, I intend to investigate the methodological path through bibliographic aspects ally to the methodology of " História Oral Temática" in witch the author explains his memories about the philosofical process through semi-structured interviews, these explanations are divided into distinct groups: students (three, children aged eight to fourteen years old), teachers (two rulership teachers), parents (three parents), three representatives administrative group and the managers. So the problem that motivates this study is: what are the memories of education subjects that are involved in the process of philosophical dialogues and experiences concerning the project of Philosophy for Children that has been developed between the years 2001 to 2005 at São José? Then, this study priotizes educational opportunities and relevances in the program of Philosophy classes for childrens concerning some aspects by Mattew Lipman. Also I intend to search for ways of working and teaching philosophy with children and methodologies about teaching this according to important authors and the reasons that motivated the inclusion of the project at São José School in order to detect important knowledge about teacher training. In summary through this study was possible to learn about how important the philosophical knowledge is for the practice teaching professionals from all areas of knowledge. The educational opportunities found in these memories and theoretical notions involves the "ludicidade", the use of the method to mediate philosophical dialogues with children; try to understand the childhood as a stage of development where the child expressed a language basically in a symbolic way, and specially about the importance of philosophy as way of showing experiences and exchanges between children and the importance of teaching and working relations of solidarity and support in a school environment. / Estruturada em quatro capítulos, a partir de observações em torno do interesse das crianças pelas aulas de Filosofia, nesta pesquisa Comunidades de Investigação : Memórias dos Sujeitos Educativos sobre as vivências das aulas de Filosofia para Crianças, apresentam a experiência de diálogos filosóficos com o público infantil. Tendo como temática central o resgate das memórias dos sujeitos educativos e as minhas, em vivências filosóficas, quando atuei como responsável pelo planejamento, elaboração de projetos, escolha de vivências e elaboração dos objetivos a serem trabalhados nos processos de discussão com crianças. Tal projeto foi realizado na cidade de Erechim, no Colégio São José, pertencente à Congregação Franciscana, no período compreendido entre o ano de 2001 até o ano de 2005. Para tanto, percorri o caminho percorrido o caminho metodológico de cunho bibliográfico aliado à metodologia de História Oral Temática, evidenciado em entrevistas semi-estruturadas sobre as memórias da pesquisadora do processo filosófico e de quatro grupos distintos: educandos (três, crianças com faixa etária entre oito e quatorze anos), docentes (duas professores regentes), pais (três pais), três representantes do grupo diretivo e administrativo. Nessa direção, a problemática motivadora do estudo: quais são as memórias dos sujeitos educativos, envolvidos no processo de diálogos e vivências filosóficas, a respeito do projeto de Filosofia para Crianças que foi desenvolvido entre o ano de 2001 até 2005, no Colégio São José? Como objetivo geral, priorizei as possibilidades educativas e relevantes sobre o programa de Filosofia para Crianças proposto por Mattew Lipman. Para o uso de idéias que tratam sobre a Filosofia para Crianças, sobre a metodologia lúdica e os motivos da inserção do projeto no Colégio São José, com vistas a detectar saberes acerca da formação docente. Emergiram desse estudo, saberes importante a prática docente para profissionais de todas as áreas dos conhecimentos. As possibilidades educativas encontrados nessas memórias e nos resgates teóricos, tratam da ludicidade, do uso do método para mediar diálogos filosóficos com crianças; do entendimento da Infância como fase do desenvolvimento onde a criança expressa uma linguagem basicamente simbólica; da importância da Filosofia como um espaço de vivências e de trocas entre as crianças e a importância do trabalho docente e das relações de apoio e solidariedade que estabelece em ambiente escolar.

This thesis deals with programmes for critical and creative thinking development. The topic covers primarily the programs of "Instrumental enrichment" and "Philosophy for children". In the theoretical part the author explains and describes the term thinking, particularly a creative and critical thinking, both constituting a fundamental element of this thesis. In another part of the thesis the author introduces two specific programs "the Instrumental enrichment" and "the Philosophy for children". The final part of the thesis concentrates on common features of both programs, focusing on theoretical explanation and description of these attributes.

The methodology by which to teach these outcomes was not clear. An intervention programme, Philosophy for Children (P4C) is used in some countries across the world to promote thinking. Research across the world has shown that this programme has the ability to enhance the cognitive abilities of learners exposed to it. Stories for Thinking (SFT) is an intervention programme based on the principles of Philosophy for Children and was introduced in some schools in an Education District of the Western Cape. This study investigates the perceptions of Intermediate Phase educators about the implementation of Stories for Thinking in this Education District. Educators were asked their strengths and challenges of the approach, their way of using it and the support they received. A qualitative research method was used and data were gathered to answer the research questions by means of questionnaires and interviews. Research findings indicate that educators perceived that Stories for Thinking was able to enhance the reading ability of the learners, it showed a significant improvement in their confidence levels, and a positive change in their general behaviour. Language was seen as a barrier to learning, but the evidence indicates that the community of inquiry can be used as a tool to overcome some of the barriers. It seems as if educators valued the support from the project leaders. It is concluded that this kind of intervention programme is worth introducing as long as all the role-players play their part and the setting is conducive.

<p>South Africa had a change in government and in education after the 1994 elections. A new curriculum was introduced and some of the underlying critical outcomes were to develop the learners to become critical thinkers. The methodology by which to teach these outcomes was not clear. An intervention programme, Philosophy for Children (P4C) is used in some countries across the world to promote thinking. Research across the world has shown that this programme has the ability to enhance the cognitive abilities of learners exposed to it. Stories for Thinking (SFT) is an intervention programme based on the principles of Philosophy for Children and was introduced in some schools in an Education District of the Western Cape. This study investigates the perceptions of Intermediate Phase educators about the implementation of Stories for Thinking in this Education District. Educators were asked their strengths and challenges of the approach, their way of using it and the support they received. A qualitative research method was used and data were gathered to answer the research questions by means of questionnaires and interviews. Research findings indicate that educators perceived that Stories for Thinking was able to enhance the reading ability of the learners, it showed a significant improvement in their confidence levels, and a positive change in their general behaviour. Language was seen as a barrier to learning, but the evidence indicates that the community of inquiry can be used as a tool to overcome some of the barriers. It seems as if educators valued the support from the project leaders. It is concluded that this kind of intervention programme is worth introducing as long as all the role-players play their part and the setting is conducive.</p>

The methodology by which to teach these outcomes was not clear. An intervention programme, Philosophy for Children (P4C) is used in some countries across the world to promote thinking. Research across the world has shown that this programme has the ability to enhance the cognitive abilities of learners exposed to it. Stories for Thinking (SFT) is an intervention programme based on the principles of Philosophy for Children and was introduced in some schools in an Education District of the Western Cape. This study investigates the perceptions of Intermediate Phase educators about the implementation of Stories for Thinking in this Education District. Educators were asked their strengths and challenges of the approach, their way of using it and the support they received. A qualitative research method was used and data were gathered to answer the research questions by means of questionnaires and interviews. Research findings indicate that educators perceived that Stories for Thinking was able to enhance the reading ability of the learners, it showed a significant improvement in their confidence levels, and a positive change in their general behaviour. Language was seen as a barrier to learning, but the evidence indicates that the community of inquiry can be used as a tool to overcome some of the barriers. It seems as if educators valued the support from the project leaders. It is concluded that this kind of intervention programme is worth introducing as long as all the role-players play their part and the setting is conducive.