Philosophy for Children in the Classroom

As young people grow , their thinking skills were developed . This also has an effect on the educational development and their perception on everything either who may be the greatest person in the world or the infamous one , whether how big a building is and so how small the grain of sand was . This perception they create has a great importance on the development of our mind and how it will affect a person 's life . Whether he may get killed because of what he says or how he reacts to a certain thing

or he 'll get famous because of the things he had done

I had an experience of such a thing as philosophy in the classroom a long time ago and it made me think how come it entered our discussion and where in this world can I find the correct answer . One day , our teacher ask the class , Does God Exist . And a big question mark pop up on my head ! Considering a person who belongs in a certain religion such as Roman Catholic , then he would probably say YES . But for other guys in the classroom , having a different view on life and religion , those who are called atheist , then all he cay say is He doesn 't exist . And then the class made a sound of confusion and their faces , crossing eyebrows maybe showing a great question if God do really exist . The teacher followed the question if God do exist , how can you show it ? Can you feel His presence ? Can you see Him . I had an answer to that question but I can 't say it to class because I think that it might not be the right answer our teacher was expecting . Faith being my source of answer , I proudly say to myself God really exist Even if I cannot see Him , in my heart , in my mind and in my soul , I can feel His presence ' After a few years , that 's when I realized what Philosophy in the classroom was

How can we relate this kind of situation in education ? In classroom for example , how can we relate or show the significance and how can this concept of philosophy be understood by children while in school , only academic subjects are prioritized , for example mathematics , science and technology , language , history and others ? Philosophy for Children movement answers those questions

It is said that adults ceased to wonder since they feel that there is no need for wondering because its just waste of time and that some things that cannot be change anyhow and just continue to be influenced by an old believe or norms . These doings of not finding the meanings of their experiences has been passed to children of generation next to them Because of this , an international program was developed by Matthew Lipman , Director of the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children , Montclair State University in New Jersey . This program is called Philosophy for Children with which...