A review article on philosophy education as a stimuli for early brain development

Abstract

The studies examining the relationship between brain development and desired skills inaccordance with the needs emerging from the changing conditions of today have started to change.Although philosophy is a curriculum that becomes widespread with Children for Philosophy developed byMatthew Lipman in Turkey, it is not a curriculum that becomes widespread in preschool period, a periodthat brain development is on such important. In preschool period that is seen as the most importantperiod in terms of brain development, it is required that children are given the education that willpositively affect their neuroplasticity (the flexibility of brain neurons). When the importance ofphilosophy education programs in early years on children is considered, the importance of givingphilosophy education as a thinking skills education program positively affecting children’s thinking skillsat first and their skills in all developmental areas in preschool period, becoming widespread theseprograms and increasing the resources for these programs emerges. Therefore, this study was a reviewarticle prepared by the aim of emphasizing the importance of philosophy education in preschool periodas a stimuli for brain development, drawing attention to the importance of conducting these programsprevalently and systematically.