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Shirzadi M, Bayati S, Bodaghi A, Babadi Akasheh N. (2021). The effectiveness of philosophy for children program on academic incivility and academic engagement of sixth grade male students in borujen. Journal of Psychological Science. 20(98), 295-304.
URL: http://psychologicalscience.ir/article-1-865-en.html

Background: Philosophy programs can improve a broad range of students’ individual and social competencies. Aims: The current research was conducted to determine the effectiveness of philosophy for children program on academic incivility and academic engagement of sixth-graders in elementary schools in Borujen, a city in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province of Iran. Method: A pre-test/post-test control group design was performed in this quasi-experimental study. The population consisted of all male sixth-graders in elementary schools in Borujen city, of whom 40 subjects were selected through a random cluster sampling and randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The participants were then given the intervention program of philosophy for children (Cam, 2001) for ten 60-minute sessions. The research tools included Clark et al (2015) the academic incivility questionnaire and the Reeve academic engagement questionnaire (2013). Data analysis was performed using a multivariate analysis of covariance. Results: It was observed that the philosophy for children program significantly decreased academic incivility and increased academic engagement of the sixth graders (p< 0/001). Conclusions: Such finding suggest that implication of philosophy for children program in educational settings can positively influence the academic engagement and academic incivility