The Action Research On The Philosophy Enlightenment Education Of Young Children Through Traditional Fable

Philosophy is the basis of all cultures that human beings need to grow.It is an inborn capacity for inquiry,and people make use of it even in childhood.The purpose of preschool philosophy enlightenment education is to guide children to explore problems with philosophical thinking mode,cultivate children’s thinking methods to know the world,and make children who have started to think become more adept at thinking.Traditional fables contain rich philosophy and philosophical thinking methods,and their plasticity and polysemy can deepen children’s philosophical thinking and have important philosophical enlightenment value.This study adopts the action research method and takes the children from B kindergarten in Tianxin District,Changsha City,Hunan Province as the research object.The children’s philosophy enlightenment education activities are carried out through traditional fable stories,and the implementation methods of the children’s philosophy enlightenment education activities based on traditional fable stories are explored.And the traditional fables suitable for the enlightenment education of philosophy in big classes.In the research process,the researcher first used two weeks to collect research data through observation,interviews and other methods to understand the development of philosophy enlightenment education in B kindergarten and the understanding of teachers in the kindergarten on philosophy enlightenment education for children.Then,based on the diagnosis of the situation,formulate an action plan,and select and analyze six traditional fables for children’s philosophical enlightenment education activities.Then,following the "plan-action-observation-reflection" action cycle,three months of action and practice were carried out.The action is divided into two rounds.The first round of action uses "story discussion" to carry out children’s philosophy enlightenment education activities,and the second round of action uses "story discussion + painting" and "story discussion+performance" to carry out children’s philosophy enlightenment education activities.Based on the experience of the action,several conclusions can be drawn: First,traditional fable stories can be used in the enlightenment education of philosophy for children in large classes;second,story discussion is the basic method of traditional fable story philosophy enlightenment education;third,"story discussion + The"painting/performance" approach can further deepen children’s philosophical thinking;fourth,teachers’ philosophical quality and philosophical education ability have a great influence on the effect of philosophy enlightenment education.Finally,it also provided relevant educational suggestions for kindergartens to carry out philosophical enlightenment education activities based on traditional fables.