Examining the extent of applying the general objectives of the philosophy program for children from Lippmann's perspective on social studies book of grade five and six

The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which the general objectives of the philosophy program for children are addressed. This research was applied and using content analysis method. Descriptive methods and Shannon entropy method were used to analyze the research data. The research sample included the social studies textbooks of grade five and six in elementary in the educational year of 1401-1400. The research tool was a checklist of components of philosophy goals for children.The results of the present study showed that attention to the components of philosophy goals for children in the sixth elementary social studies book(53%) is more than attention to the components of philosophy goals for children in the content of the fifth social studies book(47%).The most attention was paid to "individual and interpersonal growth"(37%) and the least one to "creativity cultivation" (7%). Also, the percentage of attention to the different goals of philosophy for children in the content of the fifth and sixth studies books is not evenly distributed. Respectively, "Improving reasoning ability" accounted for 30%, "developing moral understanding" accounted for 11%, and "developing the ability to conceptualize in experience" accounted for 15%.In general, the studies book of grade six has paid more attention to the goals of philosophy for children. Among the goals, the highest importance is related to "cultivating moral understanding" and the lowest importance is related to "cultivating creativity". On the other hand, the two goals of "improving reasoning ability" and "developing the ability to conceptualize in experience" are equally important.