Philosophy Content Development and Practitioner Training Certificate Program for Teachers, Undergraduate Graduates and Children from Every Branch (P4C)

Philosopher Prof. Dr. Mathew Lipman while working of Colombia University he realized the university students can't think of creative and critically, so they have limited questioning skills. As a result of his research, he understood that the habit of thinking, which was not acquired at a young age, regressed further at later ages. For this reason, he claimed that philosophical thinking should be introduced to individuals at an early age for questioning, critical and creative thinking to occur. 

The practitioner of the Philosophy for Children (P4C) method is called a "Facilitator". The facilitator helps children reveal their own unique thinking. Ended of the P4C education children or people are gain of some thinking of habits. They are; 

1. Creative Thinking 

2. Critical Thinking 

3. Cooperative Thinking 

4. Attentive Thinking 

5. Respecting the Other's Thinking 

With the P4C education children are providing skills like mutual dialogue, talking, putting forward new ideas, justifying one's opinion, forming one's own argument against the other idea, understanding of justification and argument, different opinions, reach conclusion with common mind, discussion, reconciliation, helping each other with cooperation and tolerance. 

P4C education is necessary for each teacher and candidate teacher. The teacher who has learned this method can now apply it in his class as a practitioner or in any teaching process. The education is organized for bachelor's degree students. Also, this education is 56 hours. Education aim is sharing creative thinking, critical thinking, attentive thinking and cooperative thinking to participants. 

Education Subjects 

• Transformation in Education and 21st Century Thinking Skills 

• Fundamentals of Philosophical Thinking in P4C 

• Philosophical questioning in P4C and How is make creating questions. 

• What is P4C? 

• What are the duties of facilitator in P4C? 

• What is the role of facilitator in practice. 

• What is philosophy? 

• What is mean making philosophy with P4C? 

• P4C and logic and logic error 

• Argument and nonsense 

• P4C and Existence, Metaphysics, Change 

• How is practice of P4C at schools? 

• Strategy of P4C practice at schools. 

• P4C and Ethics / Moral Philosophy 

• P4C and Aesthetics / Philosophy of Art 

• P4C and Philosophy of Knowledge 

• P4C and Philosophy of Science 

• P4C Preschool Content / Stimulus Development and Implementation 

• P4C Elementary School Mathematics / Science Content / Stimulus Development and Application 

• P4C Middle School Science / Mathematics Content / Stimulus Development and Application 

• P4C Primary School English / Middle School English Content / Stimulus Development and Application 

• P4C Secondary Education Content / Stimulus Development and Implementation 

• Content / Stimulus Development and Implementation 

The Process of Education:

• The training will be broadcast live simultaneously over the Internet.
• In order to participate in the training, you must have internet access and a suitable internet package in your current environment.
• In order for the educational system to be used,camera and microphone equipment have been introduced, a device that can connect to the Internet(smartphone, tablet and preferably computer) is needed.
• Participants will log in to the system with their cameras and microphones turned on together with our instructor who provides the training during the specified lesson hours.
• User names and passwords will be sent to the participants' e-mails before the training starts.
• After the trainings are completed, the system will be kept open for participants for another 7 days. By the end of the seventh day at 23:00, the system will be completely shut down.
• In order to help us during the training period, a whatsapp group will be created in the form of sending messages only to the administrator, and all kinds of support information will be shared by the administrator during the lesson period. Participants have all kinds of questions and problems usem@uludag.edu.tr they can write to our address. The mail will be followed up instantly during the training.

Important Information:

• Certificates are issued for participation of 80% and above of the total training period. for participation of 79% and below, no documents will be issued. 
• After the completion of the training period, certificates will be issued after the controls belonging to our institution and will be sent to the addresses you entered at the time of registration with PTT Cargo. Your address and contact information must be up-to-date.
• Participants have all kinds of questions and problems usem@uludag.edu.tr they can write to our address. The mail will be followed up instantly during the training.
• Application for education and paying the tuition fee online are made via the Internet. Installment payments cannot be paid on the participants' bank credit cards