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Investigating the effect of teaching philosophy for children on academic motivation and academic engagement of students with specific learning disabilities
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Amir Sabzipour *1   , Toraj Hasane , Benafshe Hasanvand |
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| Objective: This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of philosophy education for children on academic motivation and academic engagement of students with specific learning disabilities. Method: This research was a semi-experimental type of pre-test and post-test design with a control group in terms of its practical purpose and in terms of the nature of the data. The statistical population of the research consisted of all the students of the second year of elementary school with specific learning disorder in district 1 of Khorram abad city in the academic year of 2023-2024. From among the statistical population, 30 students with specific learning disorders were selected using the available sampling method, and were assigned to two experimental groups (15 students) and control groups (15 controls) using random sampling method. The experimental group was taught philosophy for children during 12 sessions of 50 minutes. In order to collect research data, AMS Wallerand's academic motivation questionnaire (1992) and Rio's academic engagement questionnaire (2013) were used. Multivariate covariance analysis was used to analyze the data. Findings: The results showed that teaching philosophy for children is effective on academic motivation and academic engagement of students with specific learning disabilities (P<0.01). In other words, the academic motivation and academic involvement of students has improved significantly as a result of the relevant educational approach. Conclusion: According to the results obtained from the present research, it can be said that teachers, counselors and parents of students with special learning disabilities can use the philosophy training program for children to increase motivation and academic involvement. |
Article number: 8 |
| Keywords: Teaching Philosophy, Academic Motivation, Academic Engagement, Specific learning disability |
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Received: 2024/03/10 | Accepted: 2025/08/31 | Published: 2025/10/7
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