A Philosophical Exploration Of "who I Am" By Children In The Top Class Of Kindergarten Taking Through Picture Books

In recent years,with the promotion of many scholars at home and abroad,"Philosophy for Children"(P4C)has gained wide attention in theory and practice.The author consulted relevant materials and found that in previous researches,they tended to understand "P4C" as "training program of philosophy for children",while ignoring other connotations of "children's philosophy" and lacking related practical research conducted in kindergartens.In view of this,this article emphasizes the importance of the overall connotation of "P4C",based on "Children's Philosophy",trying to understand the confusion and thinking of young children about themselves and the world around them.This study takes four philosophical picture books as the carrier,selects the children in the second class of S kindergarten in Changsha,Hunan Province as the research object,and focuses on the four small themes under the philosophical question of "Who I am"(Why do I exist,how to know me,different me and the life I want)carry out group exploration activities and painting activities,transcribe the collected children 's paintings and interview materials,and use the three-level coding process of Nvivo11 qualitative analysis and grounded theory to analyze,Learn more about children's understanding of who I am.The results of the study show that Senior kindergarten of children have the ability to carry out philosophical inquiry,and their thinking exceeds the imagination of adults.In the philosophical inquiry of "Who I am ",children have different understandings and expressions of different sub-themes.In the philosophical inquiry of "Why do I exist",the Senior kindergarten of children think from three aspects: "What is existence,why do‘I'exist,and What am‘I'here for";They will interpret "how to know me" from the three aspects of "How do I know who I am,How to judge ‘I' am a person,The meaning of ‘I' being alive";in the sub-theme of " different me ",they focus on finding themselves and others Differences and how to distinguish the same people;for "I want to live",Senior kindergarten of children think that the company of friends and family is the most important.In addition,during the entire inquiry activity,it was also found that young children will be curious about the origin ofhumans and all things in the world;they will seriously think about what is most important in life and the life they want;they will have a desire for "freedom";they will also be confused about "death" What exactly is going on.Finally,based on the summary and reflection of this research process,based on "Children's Philosophy",The author put forward relevant suggestions for carrying out philosophical inquiry activities in kindergartens: First,educators should establish a new type of education concept,a scientific concept of children And to understand the original meaning of philosophy;second,to choose a philosophical picture book suitable for the characteristics of children and to use a variety of organizational forms;third,to create a quiet and comfortable atmosphere for discussion;fourth,to penetrate philosophy into the daily life of children Among.