Effecasy of Philosophy for Children Program (P4C) on the problem solving abilities and Moral Judgment of students

This study examined the effects of Philosophy for Children Program (P4C) on the problem solving abilities and Moral Judgment of nurturance in third Grade Primary Students of Eslam Abade gharb. The Population of this research was all the students of girls in the third Grade in 2014- 2015 academic year. The research method a pre-test post-test design with control group was used. To this end, we chose 80 students to random cluster sampling in two groups experimental (n = 40) and control (n = 40) through randomized placement technique. for data gathering in this research the Long & Cassidy Problem-Solving Questionnaire (1996) and and Moral Judgment Test (MJT) was used. After this, the Philosophy for Children Program was performed in 12 sessions for the experimental group. At the end of this intervention, post-tests was performed on participates of both groups. The results of analysis of covariance showed that the diference between the means of the two grups was significant (001/0 >p), In other words of teaching philosophy to children to enhance student's problem solving ability and and Moral Judgment had a positive effect. Also, the effect of the increase in problem-solving and Moral Judgment teaching philosophy to children by gender was not significant.