Effectiveness of Teaching Philosophy for Children on The Quality of Interaction Between Teachers and Female Students First High School

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1 Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

2 Faculty of Humanities, Azad University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

3 Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University. Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of teaching philosophy to children on the quality of interaction between teachers and female students First High School. The study methodology was quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design by control group. Statistical society included all female students of the first high school level in Tabriz city in the academic year of 2017-2018 that among them a sample of 60 students were selected by cluster sampling method and were assigned in both control and experimental groups randomly. Data were collected using Teacher-student interaction questionnaire (QTI) that validity were evaluated by the opinion of experts and the reliability by alpha Cronbach was 0.87. The philosophy education program for treatment group was performed in the form of community of inquiry method during 11 sessions. For data analysis Spss23 software were used. The results showed that the Teaching Philosophy to Children as much as 68% is effective on students' individual differences in the interaction between teachers and students. Data analyses indicated teaching philosophy to children can have positive effects on quality of interaction between teachers and female students first high school.

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