Document Type : Original Article
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Ph.D. Student in Philosophy of Education, Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
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Associate Professor, Educational Sciences Department, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Educational Sciences Department, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran
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Associate Professor, Foundations of Education Department, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran
Abstract
One of the most serious activities that have been carried out in the field of intellectual skills training is the philosophy program for children. Education experts believe that children's philosophical mentality is formed through stories. Therefore, the purpose of the upcoming research is to identify the components of philosophical thinking in the book The Little Prince. To achieve this goal, the story of The Little Prince written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry has been selected and analyzed. The criterion of comparison in this research is based on the components of philosophical thinking from Lipman's point of view, which is divided into three dimensions critical, creative, and caring thinking components. Then, according to the theoretical framework, and using the method of comparative content analysis, the components of philosophical thinking in the story have been identified and analyzed. The findings of the research show that this story has a suitable capacity from the point of view of the components of philosophical thinking, and the presence of these components is evident in it. In this way, this story has more richness in the dimension of critical thinking compared to the other two dimensions, and the components of sensitivity to the context and based on the criterion have a greater and bolder role compared to other components. At the same time, this story is rich in terms of creative thinking components, and originality and holistic components can be seen throughout the story. Also, the presence of the emotional component shows
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