Identifying the Mechanisms of Using the Place of Imagination in the Philosophy Education Program for Children

Abstract

Purpose: The main purpose of this research is to identify the mechanisms of using the place of imagination in the philosophy education program for children.Methodology: This research is one of the qualitative researches, which is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive research in terms of data collection and summarizing, grounded theory method. To identify the components of imagination in the philosophy education program for children in this research: in the first step, by referring to specialized texts on imagination in the philosophy education program for children, including domestic and foreign articles, books and authoritative publications, indicators of imagination in the philosophy education program for children, it was identified, reviewed and summarized using the Cornell study method. In this stage, after 22 people, up to the theoretical saturation of the components were identified. In the second step, semi-structured interviews between experts were used to ensure the effectiveness of the indicators identified as imagination in the philosophy education program for children. The selected experts were a group of experts in educational management and education who had years of experience in educational jobs and were experienced and knowledgeable in relation to the selected indicators and components and had numerous articles in this field.Findings: In the second step of the research, according to the results of interviews with experts, the results of the research showed that the dimensions of imagination in the philosophy education program for children include knowledge-centered with coding components of imagination in philosophy education for children with 5 indicators, goals (individual, social and educational) (26 questions), basics (general and specialized) (12 questions), method (reasoning, skill training and knowledge acquisition) (15 questions) and content (educational, motivational and challenging) (13 questions) and mechanisms ( managerial, technological, educational and environmental) (22 questions).Conclusion: The results showed that imagination in the goals of philosophy for children includes individual, social and educational positions.