Impact of Teaching Philosophy on Self-Regulation and Social Skills among Female Junior High School Students

This study aimed to investigate the impact of teaching philosophy on selfregulation and social skills among female junior high school students of Qom city in the academic year of 2019-2020. This quasi-experimental study used a pretest - posttest design with a control group. The study population comprised all female junior high school students of Qom city in the academic year of 2019-2020. The sample comprised 30 (15 for each group) female students selected by convenience sampling, who were randomly assigned to to each group. Then, the participants in the experimental group participated in 12 sessions of 60 min on philosophy. Data collection tool included the Teenage Inventory of Social Skills (TISS and SelfRegulated Learning Strategies (1990). Then, the data were analyzed in SPSS.v21 software using statistical tests such as multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). The results indicate that the philosophy teaching program had significant impact on self-regulation and social skills. Based on the findings of this study, teaching philosophy improves self-regulation and social skills among female junior high school students.