Production of Content for Philosophy and Children

Both research and teaching play key roles in producing the content for Philosophy and Children. A change in the content of Philosophy for Children (P4C) and having access to appropriate materials for Philosophy and Children rely on investigating the instances of conformities and disconformities between research and teaching. This demands a profound study of the concept of naturalization. The first step here is paying attention to the difference between the meanings of philosophy, which plays a central role in determining instructional goals, in these two fields. Through considering the same goal for teaching, most of the literature in this regard equates the change of names or traditions and customs in the stories written based on Lipman’s style with naturalization. However, this is the most superficial layer of naturalization intended to increase the efficiency of stories. Creating a change in the efficiency of stories and accessing the designated goals behind learning philosophy in the sense of wisdom demands research. The teaching of Spirituality for Kids (S4K) with the purpose of increasing access to inner powers is one of the teachings which has attracted a great deal of attention parallel to the Philosophy for Children (P4C) Program. This means that today the world is paying attention to developing some programs which are more comprehensive than the Philosophy for Children Program. The instructional program of Philosophy and Children can produce the required content for teaching philosophy to children based on both teaching and research and relying on the wisdom intended by Muslim philosophers (which corresponds with the wisdom of many non-Muslim philosophers in many ways).