Nowadays, in many institutions, employees’ level of responses to expectations are followed by performance evaluation systems. The competencies that form a significant part of these systems are monitored and followed by looking at the results and behaviors of the employee.
Children need to develop their abstract thinking skills to mature emotionally. And what will adults do when they have no opportunity to develop their abstract thinking skills as a child?
This movement, which is very widespread in the world, has started to be applied rapidly by the main schools which are open to innovative education systems in our country.
Implementation of P4C education method in schools is started from kindergarten. The most important reason for this is that a 5-year-old has a natural ability, just like a philosopher, to ask questions.
In 1960s, The American professor of philosophy, Matthew Lipman, realize that it is late for his students to learn the right thinking after seeing that their reasoning skills are inadequate. Based on this awareness, Lipman initiates the philosophy (P4C) pedagogy for children.
