The Qualified Student Perceptions of Social Studies Teachers ın P4C Program

Education is based on a process that attempts to profile individual behavior via learning. Although this process includes formal and informal dimensions, it could be suggested that both dimensions are effective on the behavior of the individual. Several factors affect the educational process. These variables are significant determinants that affect the quality and quantity of the process. One of these determinants is the student. It could be suggested that the student, the input of the education system and considered the most important element, plays a critical role in the analysis of the quality of the process based on the acquisitions of the student in the learning-instruction process. It could be suggested that this role contributes to the development of an objective student profile in education. Thus, the present study aimed to analyze the perceptions of social studies teachers in philosophy for children (P4c) program, which aims to train a qualified student profile in Turkey, and acquisition of philosophical and critical thinking skills at an early age. In the present study, conducted with the qualitative research method, the views of the teachers on the impact of the P4c program on the student qualifications were collected and the findings based on these views on the P4c program were analyzed. The study revealed significant findings.