Philosophy in schools
Overview
- Influence: Philosophy in schools
- Domain: Teaching Strategies
- Sub-Domain: Instructional strategies
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
- Influence Definition: Philosophy for Children aims to teach reasoning and argumentative skills to children. Although not required for most states curriculum, many argue that Philosophy includes life skills that still should be taught in the classroom.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 3
- Number of studies: 38
- Number of students: 3,940
- Number of effects: 38
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.54
- Robustness index: 2
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children | Trickey & Topping | UK | Collaborative philosophical enquiry for school children: participant evaluation at 11-12 years. | 2007 | Philosophy in schools | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0.43 |
| Thinking: The journal of philosophy for children | Garcia-Moriyon, Rebollo, & Colom | Spain | Evaluating Philosophy for Children: A meta-analysis. | 2005 | Philosophy in schools | 18 | 2,431 | 18 | 0.58 |
| Analytic teaching and Philosophical Praxis | Yan, Walters, Wang, & Wang | USA | Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of philosophy for children programs on students' cognitive outcomes | 2018 | Philosophy in schools | 10 | 1,509 | 10 | 0.58 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 38 | 3,940 | 38 | 0.53 | |||||