Document Type : Research Article (Quantitative)
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of teaching narrative philosophy on epistemological beliefs and emotional self-awareness in adolescents.
Methodology: In terms of purpose and research method, the research method was a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test design with a control and follow-up group. The statistical population was 30 students who were matched in two experimental and control groups using stepwise cluster sampling. The experimental group spent 8 90-minute sessions teaching philosophy, and the control group remained on the waiting list. In order to collect data, Biles (2009) Epistemological Beliefs Questionnaire and Grant et al. (2002) used the emotional self-awareness questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics (repeated measures analysis of variance) using SPSS-V22 software.
Findings: Findings showed that the method (teaching philosophy in a narrative method) had an effect on emotional self-awareness scores so that the experimental group (teaching philosophy in a narrative method) and compared to the control group increased emotional self-awareness scores.
Conclusion: The results showed that teaching philosophy to narration is effective in epistemological beliefs in adolescents. Also, teaching philosophy according to narration is effective in adolescentschr(chr('39')39chr('39')) emotional self-awareness. Therefore, it is suggested that teaching philosophy be included in the studentschr(chr('39')39chr('39')) curriculum.
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