‘Philosophy for children’: a systematic review. Trickey, S. & Topping, K. J. Research Papers in Education, 19(3):365–380, September, 2004. ISBN: 02671522
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This paper offers a systematic critical review of controlled outcome studies of the `Philosophy for Children' (P4C) method in primary (elementary) and secondary (high) schools. Ten studies met the stringent criteria for inclusion, measuring outcomes by norm-referenced tests of reading, reasoning, cognitive ability, and other curriculum-related abilities, by measures of self-esteem and child behaviour, and by child and teacher questionnaires. All studies showed some positive outcomes. The mean effect size was 0.43 with low variance, indicating a consistent moderate positive effect for P4C on a wide range of outcome measures. The implications for practice, policy, and future research were explored, particularly in relation to cost-effectiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of Research Papers in Education is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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	abstract = {This paper offers a systematic critical review of controlled outcome
studies of the `Philosophy for Children' (P4C) method in primary
(elementary) and secondary (high) schools. Ten studies met the stringent
criteria for inclusion, measuring outcomes by norm-referenced tests
of reading, reasoning, cognitive ability, and other curriculum-related
abilities, by measures of self-esteem and child behaviour, and by
child and teacher questionnaires. All studies showed some positive
outcomes. The mean effect size was 0.43 with low variance, indicating
a consistent moderate positive effect for P4C on a wide range of
outcome measures. The implications for practice, policy, and future
research were explored, particularly in relation to cost-effectiveness.
[ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of Research Papers in Education
is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or
emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright
holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download,
or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged.
No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should
refer to the original published version of the material for the full
abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)},
	number = {3},
	journal = {Research Papers in Education},
	author = {Trickey, S. and Topping, K. J.},
	month = sep,
	year = {2004},
	note = {ISBN: 02671522},
	keywords = {\#Lipman, ★},
	pages = {365--380},
}

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